WHEREAS the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of Jamaica agree upon the need for specific plans of
action designed to foster economic progress and improvements in
the welfare and level of living of the people of Jamaica, and
WHEREAS the Government of the United States of America intends
to furnish such economic, technical and related assistance to Jamaica
as may be requested by it and approved by the Government of the
United States of America in the light of the resources available
to it and of the programs and self-help measures which Jamaica shall
provide,
Now, THEREFORE, the Government of the United States of America
and the Government of Jamaica hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
To assist the Government of Jamaica in its national development
and in its efforts to achieve economic and social progress through
effective use of its own resources and other measures of self-help,
the Government of the United States of America will furnish such
economic, technical and related assistance as may hereafter be requested
by representatives of appropriate agencies of the Government of
Jamaica and approved by representatives of the agency or agencies
designated by the Government of the United States of America to
administer its responsibilities hereunder. Such assistance shall
be made available in accordance with written arrangements agreed
upon between the above-mentioned representatives.
ARTICLE II
To foster its economic and social progress, the Government of Jamaica
will make the full contribution permitted by its resources and general
economic condition to its development program and to programs and
operations related thereto, including those conducted pursuant to
this Agreement, and will give full information to the people of
Jamaica concerning programs and operations hereunder. The Government
of Jamaica will take appropriate steps to insure the effective use
of assistance furnished pursuant to this Agreement and will afford
opportunities and facilities to representatives of the Government
of the United States of America to observe and review programs and
operations conducted under this Agreement and will furnish information
needed to determine the nature and scope of operations planned or
carried out and to evaluate results.
ARTICLE III
The Government of Jamaica will receive a special mission and its
personnel to discharge the responsibilities of the Government of
the United States of America hereunder and will consider this special
mission and its personnel as part of the diplomatic mission of the
Government of the United States of America in Jamaica for the purpose
of receiving the privileges and immunities accorded to that mission
and its personnel of comparable rank.
ARTICLE IV
In order to assure the maximum benefits to the people of Jamaica
from the assistance to be furnished hereunder the Government of
Jamaica will take measures to ensure that:
(a) Payments made by the Government of the United States of America
and used, or to be used, for the purpose of giving effect to this
Agreement shall be exempt from taxes levied in Jamaica on the
ownership or use of money, investment or deposit requirements
or currency controls;
(b) Property introduced into Jamaica for use by the Government
of the United States of America or a contractor financed by such
Government for the purpose of giving effect to this Agreement
shall be exempt from import and export taxes, purchase or transfer
taxes and similar charges in Jamaica so long as such property
is used for the purpose of giving effect to this Agreement;
(c) All persons, except citizens or permanent residents of Jamaica,
who are present therein to perform work pursuant to this Agreement,
shall be exempt from income and social security taxes levied under
the laws of Jamaica and from taxes on the purchase, ownership,
use or disposition of personal movable property (including automobiles)
intended for their own use. Such persons and members of their
families shall receive the same treatment with respect to the
payment of customs and import and export duties on personal movable
property (including automobiles) imported into Jamaica for their
own use as is accorded by the Government of Jamaica to diplomatic
personnel of the American Embassy in Jamaica, except that in the
case of such persons who are employed under contracts financed
by the Government of the United States of America, such treatment
shall be accorded only with respect to personal movable property
imported into Jamaica in connection with such persons' first arrival;
provided, however, that where ovable property is sold (or disposed
of) within three years of importation to a person who is not entitled
to exemption from the payment of import and export duties, the
person who sells or disposes of such property may be called upon
to pay duty thereon at the rate required according to the law
relating to the payment of customs duty.
ARTICLE V
Funds used for purposes of furnishing assistance hereunder shall
be convertible into currency of Jamaica at the rate providing the
largest number of units of such currency per U.S. dollar which,
at the time conversion is made, is not unlawful in Jamaica.
ARTICLE VI
1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which it
is signed by the two Governments and shall remain in force until
ninety days after the date of the communication by which either
Government gives written notification to the other of its intention
to terminate it. In such event, the provisions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect with respect to assistance
furnished pursuant to this Agreement before such termination.
2. All or any part of the program of assistance provided hereunder
may, except as may otherwise be provided in arrangements agreed
upon pursuant to Article I hereof, be terminated by either Government
if that Government determines that because of changed conditions
the continuation of such assistance is unnecessary or undesirable.
The termination of such assistance under this provision may include
the termination of deliveries of any commodities hereunder not yet
delivered.
3. The furnishing of assistance under this Agreement shall be subject
to the applicable laws and regulations of the Government of the
United States of America, and the receipt of such assistance by
the Government of Jamaica shall be subject to the applicable laws
and regulations of the Government of Jamaica.
4. The two Governments or their designated representatives shall,
upon request of either of them consult regarding any matter on the
application, operation or amendment of this Agreement.
5. Upon the entry into force of this Agreement, the Economic Cooperation
Agreement between the United States of America and the United Kingdom,
signed at London on July 6, 1948, [note: TIAS 1795; 62 Stat. 2596]
as amended, and the Agreement for Technical Cooperation between
the Government of the United States of America and the Government
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Respect
of the Territories for the International Relations of which the
Government of the United Kingdom are Responsible, signed at London
on July 13, 1951, [note: TIAS 2281; 2 UST 1307] shall no longer
be considered to apply to Jamaica. Arrangements or agreements implementing
the above-mentioned agreements and concluded prior to entry into
force of this Agreement, from such date of entry into force, shall
be subject to this Agreement.
Done at Kingston on October 24, 1963, in duplicate, in the English
language.
SIGNATORIES:
For the Government of the United States of America
BORIS H. KLOSSON
For the Government of Jamaica
ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE
