We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
the Charter of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT), its operating agreement, and their amendments,
Royal Decree 88/80 on the Accession of the Sultanate to the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT),
and the proposed amendments to the charter of the mentioned organisation and its operating agreement,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The Minister of Post, Telegraph, and Telephone is hereby authorised to sign the proposed amendments to the charter of the mentioned organisation and its operating agreement, and to approve their temporary application until the completion of the final ratification procedures.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 27 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1418
Corresponding to: 29 October 1997
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 610 issued on 1 November 1997.