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180, the Guarantee Agreement or the Bonds is invalid or unenforceable because of any provision of the Articles of Agreement of the Bank or for any other reason.

7.02. Obligations of Guarantor. The obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement shall not be discharged except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance. Such obligations shall not be subject to any prior notice to, demand upon or action against the Borrower or to any prior notice to or demand upon the Guarantor with regard to any default by the Borrower, and shall not be impaired by any of the following: any extension of time, forebearance or concession given to the Borrower; any assertion of, or failure to assert, any right or remedy against the Borrower or in respect of any security for the Loan; any modification or amplification of the provisions of the Loan Agreement contemplated by the terms thereof; any failure of the Borrower to comply with any requirement of any law, regulation or order of the Guarantor or of any political subdivision or agency of the Guarantor.

7.03. Failure to Exercise Rights. No delay in exercising, or omission to exercise, any right or power accruing to any party under the Loan Agreement or Guarantee Agreement upon any default shall impair any such right or power or be construed to be a waiver thereof or an acquiescence in such default; nor shall the action of such party in respect of any default, or any acquiescence in any default, affect or impair any right or power of such party in respect of any other or subsequent default.

7.04. Arbitration.

(a) Any controversy between the parties to the Loan Agreement or the parties to the Guarantee Agreement and any claim by any such party against any other such party arising under the Loan Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement or the Bonds which shall not be determined by agreement of the parties shall be submitted to arbitration by an Arbitral Tribunal as hereinafter provided.

(b) The parties to such arbitration shall be the Bank on the one side and the Borrower and the Guarantor on the other side.

(c) The Arbitral Tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators appointed as follows: one abitrator shall be appointed by the Bank; a second arbitrator shall be appointed by the Borrower and the Guarantor or, if they shall not agree, by the Guarantor; and the third arbitrator (hereinafter sometimes called the Umpire) shall be appointed by agreement of the parties or, if they shall not agree, by the President of the International Court of Justice or, failing appointment by him, by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. If either side shall fail to appoint an arbitrator, such arbitrator shall be appointed by the Umpire. In case any arbitrator appointed in accordance with this Section shall resign, die or become unable to act, a successor arbitrator shall be appointed in the same manner as herein prescribed for the appointment of the original arbitrator and such successor shall have all the powers and duties of such original arbitrator.

(d) An arbitration proceeding may be instituted under this Section upon notice by the party instituting such proceeding to the other parties. Such notice shall contain a No. 3007