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2. This Protocol shall enter into force on the date upon which 

 instruments of ratification have been deposited with, or written 

 notifications of adherence have been received by, the Government 

 of the United States of America, on behalf of all the Governments 

 parties to the 1949 Convention. 



3. The Government of the United States of America shall inform 

 all Governments signatory or adhering to the 1949 Convention of 

 all ratifications deposited and adherences received and of the date 

 this Protocol enters into force. 



Article III 



1. The original of this Protocol shall be deposited with the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States of America, which Government shall 

 communicate certified copies thereof to all the Governments signa- 

 tory or adhering to the 1949 Convention. 



2. This Protocol shall bear the date on which it is opened for 

 signature and shall remain open for signature for a period of four- 

 teen days thereafter, following which period it shall be open for 

 adherence. 



In witness whereof the undersigned, having deposited their re- 

 spective full powers, have signed this Protocol. 



Done in Washington this twenty-fifth day of June 1956 in the Eng- 

 lish language. 



Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their reso- 

 lution of May 13, 1957, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring, 

 therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said protocol ; 



Whereas the said protocol was duly ratified by the President of the 

 United States of America on May 22, 1957, in pursuance of the afore- 

 said advice and consent of the Senate ; 



Whereas it is provided in Article II of the said protocol that the 

 protocol shall enter into fore© on the date upon which instruments of 

 ratification have been deposited with, or written notifications of ad- 

 herence have been received by, the Government of the United States 

 of America, on behalf of all the Governments parties to the Interna- 

 tional Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries signed at 

 Washington under date of February 8, 1949 ; 



Whereas instruments of ratification have been deposited with, or 

 written notifications of adherenc e hav e been received by, the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States of America on behalf of all the 

 Governments parties to the aforesaid 1949 Convention, namely : Den- 

 mark and Iceland on November 23, 1956; Portugal on January 17, 

 1957; Canada oh March 27, 1957; the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Northern Ireland on April 2, 1957 ; Spain on May 2, 1957 ; 

 Norway on May 15, 1957 ; the United States of America on May 22, 

 1957 ; Italy on June 7, 1957 ; the Federal Republic of Germany on June 

 27, 1957 ; the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics on August 11, 1958 ; 

 and France on January 10, 1959 ; 



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

 said protocol, the protocol entered into force on January 10, 1959; 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 

 President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and 



