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curring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said 

 Convention ; 



Whereas the said Convention was duly ratified by the President 

 of the United States of America on September 1, 1949, in pursuance 

 of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate ; 



Whereas it is provided in Article XV of the said Convention that 

 the Convention shall enter into force upon the deposit of instruments 

 of ratification by four signatory Governments; 



Whereas instruments of ratification of the said Convention have 

 been deposited with the Government of the United States of America 

 by the Governments of the following states, namely : the United States 

 of America on September 1, 1949 ; the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Northern Ireland on December 15, 1949 ; Iceland on Feb- 

 ruary 13, 1950 ; and Canada on July 3, 1950, with the following ob- 

 servation: "That ratification by Canada of the Convention extends 

 to Newfoundland, and that any claims Canada may have in regard to 

 the limits of territorial waters or to the jurisdiction over fisheries, 

 particularly as a result of the entry of Newfoundland into Confedera- 

 tion, will not be prejudiced"; 



Whereas, pursuant to the aforesaid provision of Article XV of the 

 said Convention, the Convention entered into force on July 3, 1950; 



Now, THEREFORE, be it kuown that I, Harry S Trmnan, President 

 of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public 

 the said International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fish- 

 eries to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof 

 shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith, on and after July 3, 

 1950, by the United States of America and by the citizens of the United - 

 States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction 

 thereof. 



In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused 

 the Seal of the United States of America to be afiixed. 



Done at the city of Washington this seventeenth day of July in the 

 year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifty and of 



[seal] the Independence of the United States of American the one 

 hundred seventy-fifth. 



HARRY S TRUMAN 

 By the President: 



Dean Acheson 



Secretary of State 



