The Adhesion of the Republic of Costa Rica to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May fourteenth, nineteen sixty-six; and the Protocol of Amendments to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, adopted on November 18, 2019, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, are approved, in each and every one of their parts.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA:
Taking into account the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas of May 14, 1966 Bearing in mind that Article 11 of the Protocol of Amendments states that nothing in this Convention shall prejudice the rights, jurisdiction and obligations of States under international law and that this Convention shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with international law.
Bearing in mind that Article 10, paragraph 1, of the Protocol of Amendments states that this Convention shall be open for signature by any Government that is a member of the United Nations or of any of its specialized agencies. Any such Government that has not signed this Convention may adhere to it at any time.
Bearing in mind that Article 10, paragraph 2, of the Protocol of Amendments states that this Convention is subject to ratification or approval by the signatory countries in accordance with their constitutions and that the instruments of ratification, approval or adhesion shall be deposited with the Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Bearing in mind that Costa Rica, in its capacity as a Developing Coastal State, in accordance with Articles 58 and 116 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, holds legitimate fishing rights in its Exclusive Economic Zone in the Caribbean Sea, as well as on the High Seas, and bears the international obligation to contribute to the establishment of international management and conservation measures for tunas and tuna-like species that are regulated within the "Convention Area".
COSTA RICA declares that it will accept and assume, through the deposit of the instrument of adhesion with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, all the rights and obligations that for these purposes shall be established, as a Contracting Party to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and the Protocol of Amendments to the Convention.
The Texts of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Protocol of Amendments to the Convention, adopted on November 18, 2019, form an integral part of this law. Said equally authentic texts are duly Certified in pdf version by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. These texts are as follows:
"INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS FINAL ACT OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLENIPOTENTIARIES ON THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS PROTOCOL to amend the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas The Contracting Parties to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, done at Rio de Janeiro on May 14, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), RECALLING the ICCAT Recommendation to establish a Working Group to develop amendments to the ICCAT Convention [Rec. 12-1 O] and the resulting Draft amendment proposals developed through this Working Group; NOTING the ICCAT Resolution concerning the participation of fishing entities in the amended ICCAT Convention [Res. 19-13] and the ICCAT Recommendation on species considered to be tunas and tuna-like species or oceanic, pelagic, and highly migratory elasmobranchs [Rec. 19-01], which are integral components of the amendment proposals and were adopted by the Commission in conjunction with the finalization of this Protocol; CONSIDERING that the amendment proposals to the Convention set out in this protocol entail new obligations; STRESSING the importance of completing their respective internal acceptance procedures Parties as soon as possible; Have agreed as follows: