We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
the International Plant Protection Convention approved by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its sixth session held in November 1951,
and the decision of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference 12/97 at its twenty-ninth session held in November 1997 to amend the International Plant Protection Convention,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The amendment to the International Plant Protection Convention is hereby approved in accordance with the mentioned decision of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 16 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1420
Corresponding to: 26 September 1999
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 656 issued on 2 October 1999.