acuerdo sobre rutas internacionales en el mashreq árabe. beirut, 10 de mayo de 2001

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AGREEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL ROADSIN THE ARAB MASHREQ

UNITED NATIONS

2001


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The Parties to the present Agreement, conscious of the importance offacilitating land transport on international roads in the Arab Mashreq and theneed to increase cooperation and intraregional trade and tourism through theformulation of a well-studied plan for the construction and development of aninternational road network that both future traffic needs and

environmental requirements, have agreed as follows:

Article 1Adoption of the International Road Network

The Parties hereto adopt the international road network described inAnnex I to this Agreement (the Mashreq International Roadwhich includes roads that are of international importance in the Arab Mashreqand should therefore be accorded priority in the establishment of national plansfor the construction, maintenance and developm ent of the national road

networks of the Parties hereto.

Article 2Orientation of the routes of the International

Road Network

The Arab Mashreq International Road Network consists of the mainroutes having a north/south and east/west orientation and may include otherroads to be added in the future, in conformity with the provisions of thisAgreement.

Article 3Technical specifications

Within a maximum period of years, roads describedAnnex I shall be brought into conformity with the technical specificationsdescribed in Annex II to this Agreement. New roads built after the entry intoforce of this Agreement shall be designed in accordance the technicalspecifications defined in the said Annex II .

Article 4

Signs, signals and markings

Within a maximum period of seven (7) years, the signs, signals andmarkings used on all roads described in Annex I shall be brought intoconformity with the standards defined in Annex III hereto. New signs, signalsand markings produced after the entry into force of this Agreement shall bedesigned in accordance with the technical standards defined in the saidAnnex III.


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Article 5Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval

and accession

1. This Agreement shal l be open to members of the Economic and Social

Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) for signature at United Nations Housein Beirut, from 10 May to December 2002.

2. The members referred to in paragraph 1 in this artic le may becomeParties to the present Agreement by:

(a) Signature not subject to rat ificat ion , acceptance or approval (i.e.,definitive signature);

(b) Signature subject to rat ification, acceptance or approval, followedby ratification, acceptance or approval; or

(c) Accession.

3. Ratifi cat ion, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by thedeposit of an instrument with the depositary.

4. States other than ESCWA members may become Parties to theAgreement, subject to the approval of all the ESCWA members parties thereto,by depositing an instrument of accession with the depositary.

Article 6

Entry into force

The Agreement shall enter into force ninety (90) days after the date onwhich (5) members of ESCWA have either signed it definitively ordeposited an ins trument of rat ificati on, acceptance, approval or accession.

2. For each member of ESCWA referred to in paragraph 1 of Art icle 5signing the Agreement definitively or depositing an instrument of ratification,acceptance or approval thereof or accession thereto after the date on whichmembers of ESCWA have either signed it definitively or deposited such aninstrument, the Agreement shall enter into force ninety (90) days after the dateof that member's definitive signature or deposit of the instrument ofratification, approval, acceptance or accession. For each State other than amember of ESCWA depositing an instrument of accession the Agreement shallenter into force ninety (90) days after the date of that State's deposit of thatinstrument.


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Article 7Amendments

After the entry of the Agreement into force, any Party thereto maypropose amendments to the Agreement, including its Annexes.

2. Proposed amendments to the Agreement sha ll be submi tted to the

Committee on Transport of the Economic and Social Commission for Western

3. Amendments to the Agreement sha ll be considered adopted if approvedby a two-thirds majority of the Parties thereto, present at a meeting convenedfor that purpose. In the case of amendments to Annex I to the Agreement, suchmajority must include all Parties directly concerned by the proposedamendment.

4. The Committee on Transport of ESCWA shall inform the depositary,

within a period of (45) days, of any amendment adopted pursuant toparagraph 3 of this article.

5. The depositary shal l noti fy all Parties hereto of amendments thusadopted, which shall enter into force for all Parties three (3) months after thedate of such notification unless objections from more than one-third of theParties are received by the depositary within that period of three (3) months.

6. No amendments may be made to the Agreement dur ing the periodspecified in Article 8 below if, upon the withdrawal of one party, the number

of Parties to the Agreement becomes less than (5).

Article 8Withdrawal

Any Party may withdraw from this Agreement by written notificationaddressed to the depositary. Such withdrawal shall take effect twelve (12)months after the date of deposit of the notification unless revoked by the Partyprior to the expiration of that period.

Article 9

Termination

This Agreement shall cease to be in force if the number of Partiesthereto is less than (5) during any period of twelve (12) consecutivemonths.


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10Dispute settlement

1. Any dispute arising between two or more Parties to th is Agreementwhich relates to its interpretation or application and which the Parties to thedispute have been unable to resolve by negotiation or other means ofsettlement shall be referred to arbitration if any Party so requests. In such acase the dispute shall be submitted to an arbitral tribunal to which each of theParties shall appoint one member, and the members thus appointed shall agreeon the appointment of a president of the arbitral tribunal from outside theirnumber. If no agreement is reached concerning the appointment of thepresident of the arbitral tribunal within three (3) months from the request forarbitration, any Party may request the Secretary-General of the United Nations,or whomever he delegates, to appoint a president of the tribunal, to which thedispute shall be referred for decision.

2. The Parties to the dispute shall be bound by the decision to form the

arbitral tribunal pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article and by any and allawards handed down by the tribunal. The Parties further undertake to defraythe costs of arbitration.

Article 11Limits of application of the Agreement

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as preventing a Partyhereto from taking any action that it considers necessary to its external orinternal security or its interests, provided that such action is not contrary to the

provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.

Article 12Depositary

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the depositary ofthe Agreement.

Article 13Annexes and list of technical terms

The three Annexes to the Agreement and the list of technical terms usedtherein are integral parts of the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorizedthereto, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at Beirut, this 10 May 2001, in the Arabic, English and Frenchlanguages, all of which are equally authentic.

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ARABIC, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH TERMS USED(Listed in the alphabetical order of the Arabic terms)

Traffic Signal

Priority over oncoming

traffic

Superelevation

Convergence of traffic stream

Horizontal alignment

Vertical alignment

Divergence of traffic stream

Intersection

Roundabout

At-grade Intersection

Interchange

Median

Bridge

Truss

Guardrail

Traffic volume

Design Hourly Volume

(DHV)

Right of Way

Band

Mountainous terrain

Rolling terrain

Level terrain

Critical length

Pavement Marking

Vertical (overhead) Clearance

Feux de signalisation

Priorit la circulation

qui arrive

Superlvation

Convergence du flux de

la circulation

Align emen t horizontal

Alignement vertical

Divergence du de la

c i r c u l a t i o n

Inte r s e c t io n

Rond-point

C r o i s em e n t a u n i v e a u d u

so l

E c h a n g e u r

Mdiane

Pont

Poteau

Barrire de protection

Densit de la circulation

Densit de la Circulation

par Conception Horaire

(DCCH)

Droit de Passage

Bande

Terrain montagneux

Terrain onduleux

Terrain plat

Longueur critique

Signalisation de la

chausse

Dblaiement vertical


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Shoulder (s)

Code (s)

Sign

"GIVE WAY" Sign

"End of Prohibition or

Sign

Mandatory Sign

Sign

Direction Sign

Warning Sign

Regulatory Sign

Road Number Sign

Advance Direction Sign

Average Daily

Passing distance

Stopping distance

Sight distance

Level of service

Lane

Acceleration and deceleration

lane

Slip road

Left Lane

Speed Change Lane

Climbing lane

Rate of curvature

Weaving Section

Epaule (s)

Code (s)

Panneau

Panneau la

priorit"

Panneau "Fin de

ou la

restriction"

Panneau obligatoire

Panneau instructif

Panneau de direction

Panneau avertisseur

Panneau rgulateur

Panneau de numro de la

route

Panneau de direction

avanc

Moyenne de la Densit

de la Circulation (MDC )

Distance de dpassement

Distance

Distance de vision

Niveau de service

Voie

Voie et de

ralentissement

Voie de dviation

Voie de dviation

gauche

Voie de changement de

vitesse

Voie d'ascension

Courbe moyenne

Section d'entrelacement

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Cross section Section transversale

Transition Curve Virage de transition

Vertical grade Pente verticale

Cross slope Pentes transversales

Traffic Control Device Dispositi fs de contrle

de la circulation

For the of these terms and those contained in the body of theagreement and its annexes one may refer to those annexes and the roadcodes and manuals of the countries of the region, such as the Egyptian, Jordanianand Saudi Arabian codes, and also the American code as described in thepublication of the American Association of State Highway and TransportationOfficials (AASHTO).

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ANNEXES TO THE AGREEMENT

A . A N N E X I : A R A B I N T E R N A T I O N A L R O A D N E T W O R K

routes

(a) M5 Iraq. East Arabian Peninsula

Zakho (Iraq/Turkey) - Mosul - Baghdad - Basrah -Safwan (Iraq/Kuwait) - Abdally (Kuwait/Iraq) - Kuwait - Nuwayseeb(Kuwait/Saudi Arabia) - (Saudi Arabia/Kuwait) - Abu Hadriyah(Dammam - - (Saudi Arab Emirates) - AlGhweifat (United Arab Emirates/ Saudi Arabia) - Abu Dhabi - Dubai -Fujairah - (United Arab Emirates/Oman) - Malahaw (Oman/United Arab Emirates) - Sohar - Muscat - Nizwa - Thumrayt - Salalah.

(b) M7 Abu Dhabi-Sohar

Abu Dhabi - Al Ayn - (United Arab Emirates/Oman) - Buraimi(Oman/ United Arab Emirates) - Sohar.

(c) M9 Al Ayn-Nizwa

Al Ayn - Mazyad (United Arab Emirates/Oman) - (Oman/ United ArabEmirates) - Nizwa.

(d) Aleppo-Ramadi

Aleppo - Deir Ez Zor - - Al - (Iraq/Syria) -

Ramadi.

(e) M25 Petroleum Pipeline

Hadithat - Ar'ar - Hafar El Batin - Abu Hadriyah.

Middle Arabian peninsula

Amman - Al Azraq - Omari (Jordan/Saudi Arabia) - Hadithat (Saudi- Sakakah - - Buraydah - Riyadh - Al

(g) M45Bab Al Hawa - Aleppo - Horns - Damascus - Nasib

- Jaber (Jordan/Syria) - Amman - Ma'an - Al Mudawara(Jordan/Saudi Arabia) - (Saudi - Tabuk - Qalibah -Medina - Mecca - Abha - (Saudi - Baqim (Yemen/SaudiArabia) - Sana'a -

* This section will eventually be replaced b> the coastal road (Dammam - Salwa) upon its completion.

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(h) M47

- Aqaba.

(i) Eastern Mediterranean Coast

- Lattakia - - Dabboussieh - Abboudieh(Lebanon/Syria) - Tripoli - Beirut - Naqoura.

M55 Sinai - East Sea

Arish - - Nuweiba - Aqaba - Ad Arabia) - Ad(Saudi Arabia/Jordan) - Dhuba - Yanbu - Rabigh - Jeddah - Darb -(Saudi - Harad Arabia) - Hodeidah - Al

Mukha.

(k) Red Coast

Ismailia - Suez - Safaga - Halayeb (Egypt/Sudan).

(1) M67 East

Bridge - Ismailia -

(m) M75 N il e

Alexan dria - Cai ro - Qena - A rqin e (Egyp t/S udan ).

routes

(a) Northern Iraq-East Mediterranean

Hajj Omran (Iraq/Iran) - - Mosul - Rabieyyah (Iraq/Syria) -Yaaroubia (S yria/Iraq) - K a m i shl i - A le p p o - Lattakia .

(b) M20 Ce nt ral

Kamishli - Hasakah - Deir Ez Zor - Horns -

Western Iraq-Eastern Mediterranean

Al R ut bah - Al (Iraq/Syria) - Tanf (Syria/Iraq) - Damascus - JedeidetYabus - Masna' (Lebanon/Syria) - Beirut.

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(d) M40 Iraq, Jordan, Palestinian and Mediterranean SouthernCoast

Munthareya (Iraq/Iran) - - Baghdad - Ramadi - -Tarabil (Iraq/Jordan) - (Jordan/Iraq) - Al Azraq - Amman - King HusseinBridge Palestinian Territory) - Jerusalem - Gaza -(Egypt/Occupied Palestinian Territory) - - Bridge - Port Said -Alexandria - (Egypt/Libya).

(e) M50 Baghdad-Cairo

Baghdad - - Al Nukhaib - Jedeidat Ar'ar (Iraq/Saudi Arabia) -Jedeidat Ar'ar (Saudi Arabia/Iraq) - Ar'ar - Sakakah - Qalibah - Tabuk - Ad(Saudi - Ad Durra (Jordan/Saudi Arabia) - Aqaba - -Nakhel - Shatt - Cairo.

M60 Western Saudi Arabia-Upper Egypt

Dhuba - Safaga - Qena - Mutt.

(g) M7Q

Kuwait - As (Kuwait/Saudi Arabia) - Ar Ruqi (Saudi -Hafar El Batin - - - Medina - Yanbu.

(h) M80

Manama - King Fahd Bridge (Bahrain /Saudi Arabia) - Dammam - Riyadh -Mecca - Jeddah.

(i) M90 Darb

Doha - Abu (Qatar/Saudi Arabia) - Salwah (Saudi -Batha'a (Saudi Arab Emirates) - Harad - Al - Sulayyil - Abha -Ad Darb.

Southern Arabian Peninsula

Thumrayt - Mazyounah (Oman/Yemen) - Shahan - Gheizah -Al Mukalla - Aden - - Al Mukha.

Eventually a section will be added upon being completed, branching off this route at Artawiyah andheading east to Jubayl via

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. A N N E X I I : T E C H N I C A L S P E C I F I C A T I O N S B E M E T O N R O U T E S I N T H E

A R A B M A S H R E Q I N T E R N A T I O N A L R O A D N E T W O R K

Table 1 gives the technical specifications to be met on routes in the ArabMashreq road network.

The fo l lo wi n g is a detaine d descrip t io n of those

General

To ensure traff ic safety, the pro tectio n of the en vir on me n t, the smoot hflow of traffi c and user comfort, a ll parts of the routes me nt io ne d in a nn ex Iand roads to be added to the internat ional network must sat isfy the condit ionslaid down hereinafter.

A l l members un dertake to use the ir best effo rts to co m p ly w i t h theprovis ions of th is annex both in bu i ld in g new road s and in u pgrad in g exis t i ngroads.

2. Classification of international roads

Roads in the Arab Mashreq Internat ional Road Network shal l beclassi f ied as fol lows:

(a) First-class freeways: roads ba sic al ly for use by moto r ve hic les ofvario us typ es and o n w hich use by b icyc le s an d p ed estrian s is p ro hi b i t e d .These are dual-carriageway highways divided by a median, on which access isful ly control led by having al l their intersect ions on different levels(interchanges) and having vehicles enter and exit via ramps at a l imited

num ber of poin ts, in a m anner that does not affect the flo w of tra ffic .

(b) First-class expressways: dual- carriagew ay hig hw ay s whic h areby a median and on which access is partially controlled by means of

high-efficiency at-grade intersections, while interchanges may be used atcertain points, taki ng into acco unt con siderat io ns of safety and acci den tprevention. Access should be confined to a l imited number of exit and entry points, and special lanes should be provided for changing speed and turning atintersection s. On such roads, the direct entry a nd e xit o f ve hic les to an d fromadjacent roads and establishments is prohibited.

(c) Second- class roads: roads design ed to be me di um -si zed inkeeping with the intended volu me of traff i c on them, afford ing an ap prop riatetra vel lin g speed. They con sist of two lanes, one for each directio n, n otseparated by a median strip. Intersections on such roads are at-grade.Interchan ges, however, m ay be used when n ecessary. R oads of this type ma y

be used o n ly whe re the re exist lan d a v a i l a b i l i t y co n st ra in ts o r f in a n cin g isinadequate. Priority should be accorded to upgrading this type.

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