a. Amendment to the International Convention for the Preven- 

 tion of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, April 11, 1962* 



Amendments adopted at London^ April 11, 1962; Ratification advised 

 hy the Senate February 25, 1961f.; Ratified hy the President Septem- 

 her 9, 1966; Acceptance hy the United States deposited with the 

 Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization Septem- 

 ber 21, 1966 ; Proclaimed hy the President Octoher 7, 1966; Entered 

 into force May 18, 1967, for amend,ments to Articles I-X, XVI, and 

 XV in and Annexes A and B ; Entered into force June 28, 1967, 

 for amendment to Article XIV. 



By the President of the United States of America 



A PEOCLAMATION 



Whereas a series of amendments to the International Convention 

 for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, [^] adopted 

 by a conference of Contracting Governments which convened at 

 London from April 4 to April 11, 1962, was communicated to all 

 Contracting Governments for their acceptance in accordance with 

 paragraph (3) of Article XVI of that Convention ; 



Whereas the text of those amendments, in the English * * * lan- 

 guages, as certified by the Secretary-General of the Inter-Govern- 

 mental Maritime Consultative Organization, is word for word as 

 follows : 



ANNEX [^] 



The following are the amendments to the International Conven- 

 tion for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea hy Oil, 1954: 



1. The existing text of Article I of the Convention is replaced by the 

 .following : 



Article I 



( 1 ) For the purposes of the present Convention, the following expres- 



*Citation: 17 UST 1523 ; TIAS 6109. 



States which are parties: Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Rep., 

 Egypt, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Fed. Rep. (applicable to Land Berlin), Ghana, 

 Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, 

 Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands (extended to Nether- 

 lands Antilles), New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal. 

 Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain. Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Rep., Tunisia, Union of 

 Soviet Socialist Reps., United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yemen (Aden), 

 Yugoslavia. 



1 TIAS 4900 ; 12 UST 2989. 



2 The text of the amendments constituted the Annex to the Final Act of the Conference 

 of Contracting (Governments. 



(441) 



