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vention after this Declaration enters into force shall accept this 

 Declaration, such acceptance to be effective on the same date that such 

 Government becomes a party to the Convention. 



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

 all Governments signatory or adhering to the Convention of all sig- 

 natures and acceptances of this Declaration and of the date upon 

 which this Declaration enters into force. 



6. The original of this Declaration shall be deposited with the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States of America, which Government shall 

 communicate certified copies thereof to all the Governments signatory 

 or adhering to the Convention. 



7. This Declaration shall bear the date on which it is opened for 

 signature and shall remain open for signature or acceptance for a 

 period of fourteen days thereafter, following which period it shall 

 remain open for acceptance. 



In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto 

 by their respective Governments, have signed this Declaration. 



Done at Washington this twenty-fourth day of April 1961, in the 

 English language. 



Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their 

 resolution of January 31, 1962, two-thirds of the Senators present con- 

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

 Declaration of Understanding ; 



Whereas the said Declaration of Understanding was duly accepted 

 by the President of the United States of America on February 9, 1962, 

 in pursuance of the said advice and consent of the Senate ; 



Whereas it is provided in paragraph 4 of the said Declaration of 

 Understanding that it shall enter into force on the date upon which all 

 the Governments parties to the International Convention for the 

 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries have become parties to the Declaration 

 of Understanding ; 



Whereas paragraph 2 of the said Declaration of Understanding 

 provides that Govermnents parties to the said Convention may become 

 parties to the Declaration of Understanding by : (a) signature without 

 reservation as to acceptance; (b) signature with reservation as to 

 acceptance, followed by acceptance; or (c) acceptance; 



Whereas all the Governments parties to the said Convention have 

 taken action required by the aforementioned paragraph 2 to become 

 parties to the said Declaration of Understanding as follows: the 

 Declaration of Understanding was signed without reservation as to 

 acceptance on behalf of Denmark and the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Northern Ireland on May 2, 1961, France and Spain on 

 May 5, 1961, the Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland, Norway, 

 Portugal, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on May 8, 1961 ; 

 the Declaration of Understanding was signed with reservation as to 

 acceptance on April 24, 1961 and accepted on February 9, 1962 on 

 behalf of the United States of America ; and the Declaration of Un- 

 derstanding was accepted on behalf of the following non-signatory 

 Governments : Italy on September 14, 1961, Canada on September 15, 

 1961, and Poland on June 5, 1963 ; 



