Cablegate: Signature of American Community School Agreement

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SUBJECT: SIGNATURE OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AGREEMENT

1. The United States Embassy in Tunis recently completed
negotiations regarding the Agreement between the Government
of the United States of America and the Government of the
Republic of Tunisia concerning the American Cooperative
School of Tunisia ("the Agreement"). The Ambassador is
authorized to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Government
of the United States of America based on the clean versions
of the English, French, and Arabic texts. Any substantive
changes to those texts should be cleared by Washington prior
to signature.

2. Post is instructed to deliver three clean versions of the
Agreement to the appropriate GOT officials and request their
review and comments by February 26, 2010.

3. The Ambassador is authorized to sign the three versions of
the Agreement on behalf of the United States if the GOT does
not have any substantive comments. If the Ambassador is
unable to sign the Agreements, the DCM will sign on behalf of
the United States. Any substantive changes to the text will
require clearance by Washington prior to signature. Once the
text is finalized, the three versions of the Agreement may be
printed on standard white paper for signature.

4. In preparing the final text, the principle of the
alternate should be observed (11 FAM 730.5.2). Once the
three versions of the agreement (in English, French, and
Arabic) have been signed, the Embassy should email signed
copies of the Agreements to the
Department(treatyofficer@state.gov), and transmit via Federal
Express the U.S. signed originals to the Department c/o
Michelle Cannon, 2201 C St., NW, Office of Treaty Affairs,
Room 5420, Washington, DC 20520 (11 FAM 723.6). The
agreements will be published and reported to Congress in
accordance with the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 USC 112b.
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