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COULD NOT SURVIVE 1997 IN THAT FORM. IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR

THERE TO BE SEPARATE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE FORM OF AN ''AGREEMENT'

THAT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF BEING MAINTAINED AS AN INTERNATIONAL ONE POST-1997. TO ACHIEVE THIS AIM THE SUBSTANCE OF SUCH AN AGREEMENT WOULD NEED TO BE AS COMPREHENSIVE AS POSSIBLE (E.G. WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER ''THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY'' OR CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION: PROVISION FOR TERMINATION, GROUNDS FOR REFUSLA ETC.).

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