4. PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 

 FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING, NOVEMBER 19, 



1956* 



Signed at Washington November 19^ 1956; Ratification advised hy the 

 Senate August 8, 1957 ; Ratified hy the President August 30^ 1957 ; 

 Ratification deposited at Washington August 30^ 1957 ; Pro- 

 claimed hy the President May i^, 1959; Entered into force 

 May 4, 1959. 



By the President of the United States of America 

 A PROCLAMATION 



Whereas a protocol to the international convention for the regula- 

 tion of whaling signed at Washington under date of December 2, 

 1946 was signed at Washington under date of November 19, 1956 

 by the Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and sixteen 

 other governments ; 



Whereas the text of the said protocol, in the English language, is 

 word for word as follows : 



PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE REGU- 

 LATION OF WHALING SIGNED AT WASHINGTON UNDER DATE OF 

 DECEMBER 2, 1946 



The Contracting Governments to the International Convention for 

 the Regulation of Wlialing signed at Washington under date of De- 

 cember 2, 1946, which Convention is hereinafter referred to as the 

 1946 Whaling Convention, desiring to extend the application of that 

 Convention to helicopters and other aircraft and to include provisions 

 on methods of inspection among those Schedule provisions which may 

 be amended by the Commission, agree as follows : 



Article I 



Subparagraph 3 of Article II of the 1946 Whaling Convention shall 

 be amended to read as follows : 



"3. 'whale catcher' means a helicopter, or other aircraft, or a 

 ship, used for the purpose of hunting, taking, killing, towing, 

 holding on to, or scouting for whales." 



Article II 



Paragraph 1 of Article V of the 1946 Whaling Convention shall 

 be amended by deleting the word "and" preceding clasure (h), sub- 

 stituting a semicolon for the period at the end of the paragraph, and 

 adding the following language: "and (i) methods of inspection". 



•Citation: 10 UST 952 ; TIAS 4228. 



States which are parties: Argentina (with reservation), Australia, Brazil, Canada, Den- 

 mark, France, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, Norway (with a statement), Panama, South Africa, 

 Union of Soviet Socialist Reps., United Kingdom, United States. 



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