The Academies of Sciences of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Georgia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrghyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ukraine, the Czech Republic

have agreed:

1. To establish the International Association of Academies of Sciences as a non-governmental international self-governing organization pursuing the purpose of combining efforts of scholars of the Academies of Sciences of sovereign states and contributing to the solution of the most general problems of the development of civilization, cooperation in fundamental research, coordination of research policies of the Academies of Sciences, support of the most promising studies, and use of unique and expensive facilities.

2. To state that each of the Academies of Sciences forming the Association is absolutely independent in any field of its activities.

3. The Regulations of the International Association of Academies of Sciences, which the parties commit themselves to observe, constitute an integral part of the present Agreement.

4. The Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic take part in the work of the Association as observers.

5. The present agreement is open to signing by the Academies of Sciences of other states that would wish to participate in the work of the Association.

Approved by the Constituent Assembly of the International Association of Academies of Sciences on 23 September 1993, with alterations and additions made by the resolutions of the IAAS Council No.4 of 17 December 1993, No.15 of 11 November 1994, and No.51 of 12 October 1996