مجموعة ٦/ ٦٥ "العلاقات بين المملكة العربية السعودية واليمن". [و‎‎٣‎٩] (٩١٧/٧٧)

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Article 22.
This treaty shall be ratified and confirmed by Their Honourable Majesties
the two Kings within the shortest possible time, having regard to the common
interest of the two sides in this (being done). It shall come into force as from
the date of the exchange of the instruments of ratification, except as regards what
.has been laid down in article 1, relative to the ending of the state of war
immediately after its signature. It shall continue in force for a period of
twenty (20) complete lunar years. It may be renewed or modified during the
six months preceding its expiry. If not so renewed or modified by that date,
it shall remain in force until six months after such time as one party has given
notice to the other party of his desire to modify it.
Article 23.
This treaty shall be called the Treaty of Taif. It has been drawn up in
two copies in the noble Arabic language, each of the two high contracting parties
being in the possession of one copy.
In witness whereof each of the plenipotentiaries has affixed his signature.
Written in the city of Jedda( 1 ) on the sixth day of the month of Safar
thirteen hundred and fifty-three.
KHALID-BIN-ABDUL AZIZ-AS-SAUD.
ABDULLAH-BIN-AHMED-AL-WAZIR.
( 1 ) The treaty was signed at Taif and “ Jedda ” is probably only a slip.
Appendix.
Arbitration Covenant between the Saudi Arab Kingdom and the
Kingdom of the Yemen.
Whereas their Majesties the Imams King Abdul Aziz, King of the Saudi
Arab Kingdom, and King Yahya, King of the Yemen, have agreed in accordance
with article 8 of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Good Understanding,
known as the Treaty of Taif, signed on the 6th Safar, 1353, to refer to arbitration
any dispute or difference which may arise out of the relations between them, their
Governments and countries, when all friendly representations fail to settle it,
the two high contracting parties undertake to effect arbitration in the manner
shown in the following articles :—
x^RTICLE 1.
Each of the two high contracting parties undertakes to accept reference of
the question in dispute to arbitration within one month of the date of receipt
of the other party of a demand for arbitration.
Article 2.
The arbitration shall be undertaken by a committee composed of an equal
number of arbitrators, half of whom shall be selected by each of the two parties.
A chief arbitrator shall be selected by mutual agreement between the two high
contracting parties. If they do not agree in this respect, each of them shall
nominate a person, and if either party accepts the peison nominated by the other
party, the person in question shall become chief arbitrator. If even this cannot
be agreed upon, the chief arbitrator shall be chosen by ballot, on the understanding
that the ballot shall only be drawn on persons acceptable to both parties. The
person chosen by ballot shall become the head of the arbitration committee, and
entitled to settle the case. If, however, agreement cannot be arrived at on the
persons acceptable to both parties, negotiations shall be carried on until the two
parties agree on this point.