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

 lution of May 26, 1960, two-thirds of the Senators present concur- 

 ring therein, did advise and consent to the ratilication of the said 

 Convention; 



Whereas the said Convention was duly ratified by the President of 

 the United States of America on March 24, 1961, in pursuance of the 

 said advice and consent of the Senate ; 



Whereas it is provided in Article 34 of the said Convention that the 

 Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day following the 

 date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or 

 accession with the Secretary General of the United Nations ; 



Whereas instruments of ratification were deposited with the Sec- 

 retary General of the United Nations by the following Governments 

 on the dates indicated: Poland, with a reservation, on October 31, 

 1958, Afghanistan on April 28, 1959, the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Northern Ireland, with a declaration, on March 14, 1960, 

 Haiti on March 29, 1960, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, with 

 a reservation and a declaration, on November 22, 1960, the Ukrainian 

 Soviet Socialist Republic, with a reservation and a declaration, on 

 January 12, 1961, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, with a 

 reservation and a declaration on February 27, 1961, the United States 

 of America on April 12, 1961, Indonesia, with a reservation, on Au- 

 gust 10, 1961, Venezuela on August 15, 1961, Czechoslovakia, with a 

 reservation and a declaration, on August 31, 1961, Israel on Septem- 

 ber 6, 1961, Guatemala on November 27, 1961, Hungary, with a res- 

 ervation and a declaration on December 6, 1961, Rumania, with a 

 reservation and a declaration, on December 12, 1961, and Bulgaria, 

 with a reservation and a declaration on August 31, 1962; instruments 

 of accession were deposited with the Secretary General of the United 

 Nations by the following Governments on the dates indicated : Cam- 

 bodia on March 21, 1960, the Federation of Malaya on December 21, 

 1960, Senegal on April 25, 1961, and the Malagasy Republic on July 31, 

 1962; and the Secretary General of the United Nations was informed 

 in a communication received on June 26, 1961 from Nigeria and in a 

 communication received on March 13, 1962 from Sierra I^one that 

 those Governments consider themselves bound by the Convention ; 



And whereas, pursuant to the aforesaid provision of Article 34 of 

 the said Convention, the Convention entered into force on Septem- 

 ber 30, 1962; 



Now, TiFEREFORE, be it knowu that I, John F. Kennedy, President 

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

 the said Convention to the end that the same and every article and 

 clause thereof shall be observed and fulfilled wnth good faith, on and 

 after September 30, 1962, 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. 



