Location Conakry
Kinshasa Signatories 2 | Effective 20 November 2000 | |
Signed 20 November 2000
24 August 2000 Condition Ratification by 2 states Parties 4 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe) | ||
The Collaborative Inter-Governmental Scientific Research Institute (CISRI) is an international organization based in Italy and established by the Free Agreement for co-operation in scientific research and humanitarian use of micro-alga (sic) spirulina as food.
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Constitution and legal status
CISRI was established by the Free Agreement for co-operation in scientific research and humanitarian use of micro-alga spirulina as food, a multilateral treaty. Parties to the agreement are the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea with subsequent accessions by Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe. Although Italy's ratification was recorded as well, Italy declared in 2009 to the United Nations, that it "respectfully requests to be erased from the Annexes to Documents which have Registration Numbers 37543 and 37542"
According to the Agreement, the organization has 3 organs:
CISRI focusses on international cooperation with relevant United Nations General Assembly’ s Resolutions on international cooperation, social development as well as food and water improvement.
Activities
CISRI focus on development activities started with the microalgae Spirulina, which has been indicated as a nutricious food source.