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1. Every Contracting Member State or Associate Member of Unesco undertakes to contribute to the execution of the project to save the temples of Philae by making a contribution in kind or by paying into the Trust Fund established for this purpose by the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, hereinafter referred to as “the Director-General”, the amounts set forth in the Annex to this Agreement, in the currency, on the dates and under the conditions specified in the said Annex.
2. The Director-General will not transmit any amount that may have been deposited with him to the competent authorities of the United Arab Republic, nor will he take any steps to make contributions in kind available to these authorities, until such time as the Government of the United Arab Republic has finally given an assurance that it will undertake the operations to save the temples of Philae and take the necessary measures for their satisfactory completion and that it will conclude for that purpose, with one or more contractors, the contract for the work described in the specifications drawn up by the Ministry of Culture of the United Arab Republic (Salvage of the Temples of Philae).