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vention was ratified by the President of the United States of America 

 on May 17, 1968 ; 



It is provided in Article XIX of the Convention that the Conven- 

 tion shall enter into force three months after the date on which twenty- 

 eight Governments have become Parties by signature without reserva- 

 tion as to ratification or approval or by signature subject to ratification 

 or approval and the subsequent deposit of an instrument of ratifica- 

 tion or approval ; 



The Convention was signed without reservation as to ratification or 

 approval for the Governments of Brazil, Monaco, and the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on May 3, 1967, for 

 the Government of Cuba on December 20, 1967, and for the Govern- 

 ment of New Zealand on December 21, 1967; and instruments of 

 ratification or approval were dej)osited for the following Governments 

 signatory to the Convention : Finland on February 16, 1968 ; Argen- 

 tina on April 4, 1968 ; France on April 4, 1968 ; Iceland on May 7, 

 1968; the United States of America on June 10, 1968; Pakistan on 

 June 17, 1968 ; India on June 24, 1968 ; South Africa on August 16, 

 1968 ; Canada on August 26, 1968 ; Iran on September 16, 1968 ; Yugo- 

 slavia on September 20, 1968 ; the Eepublic of China on November 18, 

 1968; Indonesia on November 28, 1968; Australia on November 25, 

 1968 ; Portugal on November 27, 1968 ; the United Arab Eepublic on 

 December 13, 1968 ; Norway on March 12, 1969 ; Spain on June 2, 1969 ; 

 the Netherlands on June 6, 1969 ; the Federal Republic of Germany 

 on June 12, 1969, with reservation ; Japan on June 22, 1969 ; the Re- 

 public of Korea on July 21, 1969; and Denmark on June 22, 1970; 



Pursuant to the provisions of Article XIX of the Convention, the 

 Convention will enter into force on September 22, 1970, three months 

 after the date upon which twenty-eight Governments had become 

 Parties ; 



Now, THEREFORE, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States 

 of America, proclaim and make public the Convention to the end that 

 it shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith on and after Septem- 

 ber 22, 1970 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. 



Ix testimo:n'Y whereof, I have signed this proclamation and caused 

 the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. 



Done at the city of Washington this eighteenth day of August in 

 the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred seventy 



[seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America 

 the one hundred ninety-fifth. 



Richard Nixon, 

 By the President : 



William P. Rogers 

 Secretary of State 



