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2. The present Convention shall enter into force on the date of 

 exchange of ratifications. [^] 



3. Any government, whose nationals participate in the fisheries cov- 

 ered by this Convention, desiring to adhere to the present Conven- 

 tion, shall address a communication to that effect to each of the High 

 Contracting Parties. Upon receiving the unanimous consent of the 

 High Contracting Parties to adherence, such government shall de- 

 posit with the Government of the United States of America an in- 

 strument of adherence which shall stipulate the effective date there- 

 of. The Government of the United States of America shall fur- 

 nish a certified copy of the Convention to each government desiring 

 to adhere thereto. Each adhering government shall have all the rights 

 and obligations under the Convention as if it had been an original 

 signatory thereof. 



4. At any time after the expiration of ten years from the date of 

 entry into force of this Convention any High Contracting Party may 

 give notice of its intention of denouncing the Convention. Such noti- 

 fication shall become effective with respect to such notifying govern- 

 ment one year after its receipt by the Government of the United 

 States of America. After the expiration of the said one year period 

 the Convention shall be effective only with respect to the remaining 

 High Contracting Parties. 



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

 the other High Contracting Parties of all instruments of adherence 

 and of notification of denunciation received. 



In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed 

 the present Convention. 



Done at Washington, in duplicate, in the English and Spanish 

 languages, both texts being equally authentic, this 31st day of May, 

 1949. 



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Whereas the Senate of the United States of America, by their 

 resolution of August 17, 1949, two-thirds of the Senators present 

 concurring 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, and was duly ratified 

 on the part of the Republic of Costa Rica ; 



Whereas the respective instruments of ratification of the said con- 

 vention were duly exchanged at Washin^on on March 3, 1950 ; 



And whereas it is provided in Article V of the said convention 

 that the convention shall enter into force on the date of exchange of 

 ratifications ; 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President 

 of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make pub- 

 lic the said convention to the end that the same and each and every 

 article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good 

 faith by the United States of America and by the citizens of the Unit- 



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