COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS. 1. The Commission shall cooperate and make appropriate arrangements therefore with other intergovernmental organizations and institutions, especially those active in the fisheries sector, which might contribute to the work and further the objectives of the Commission in particular with any intergovernmental organization or institution dealing with tuna in the Area. The Commission may enter into agreements with such organizations and institutions. Such agreements shall seek to promote complementarity and, subject to paragraph 2, to avoid duplication in and conflict with the activities of the Commission and such organizations. 2. Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the rights and responsibilities of other intergovernmental organizations or institutions dealing with tuna or a species of tuna in the Area or the validity of any measures adopted by such organization or institution.
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Samples: Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
