CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA
Desirous of strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries and of promoting and developing exchanges in the fields of culture, arts, education, and sports have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE I
The High Contracting Parties agree to promote the development of mutually beneficial relations in the fields of culture, arts, education, and sports on the basis of mutual respect for sovereignty and in conformity with the laws and regulations in each country, bearing in mind the interests of their respective peoples.
ARTICLE II
The High Contracting Parties, subject to their respective laws and regulations, shall endeavor to accord to each other every facility to increase mutual understanding and exchanges in the fields of culture, arts, education, and sports.
ARTICLE III
The High Contracting Parties shall promote cooperation in the fields of culture, arts, and education through reciprocal visits, training programs, scholarships, and research exchanges and strive to provide appropriate facilities towards this end, for artists, scholars, cultural experts, educators, researchers, and university students.
ARTICLE IV
The High Contracting Parties agree to promote exchanges in sports and physical education through the holding of athletic competitions on the basis of reciprocity.
ARTICLE V
The High Contracting Parties agree, on the basis of reciprocity and subject to their respective laws and regulations, to adopt necessary measures for the protection in their respective territories of the literary and artistic properties of each other, including antiquities and other important cultural properties.
ARTICLE VI
The High Contracting Parties agree that the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia will, through diplomatic channels, consult on details for the implementation of the present Agreement and work out programs of cultural exchanges.
ARTICLE VII
Either High Contracting Party may request in writing, through diplomatic channels, a revision or amendment of all or parts of this Agreement. Any revision or amendment mutually agreed upon shall enter into force in accordance with Article VIII.
ARTICLE VIII
The present Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the last notification by which the High Contracting Parties inform each other, through diplomatic channels, that their respective domestic requirements for giving effect to the present Agreement have been fulfilled. It shall be valid for a period of three (3) years, renewable automatically for successive periods of three (3) years unless either of the High Contracting Parties requests its termination by serving a written notice to the other Party six (6) months prior to the next date of termination.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement in Manila on _________ in two originals, both written in English.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
MONGOLIA
Entry into Force: March 17, 2003