Royal Decree 70/2003 Approving the Accession of the Sultanate to the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

and the Statutes of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property of UNESCO,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate to the membership of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property is hereby approved.

Article II

Competent entities shall undertake the procedures for accession to the centre in accordance with the provisions of its statutes.

Article III

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 4 Sha’ban 1424
Corresponding to: 30 September 2003

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 752 issued on 1 October 2003.