455 



Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their 

 resolution of Febnir^y 25, 1964, two-thirds of the Senators present 

 concurring therein, did advise and consent to the acceptance of the 

 said amendments; 



Whereas the amendments were duly ratified and accepted by the 

 President of the United States of America on September 9, 1966, in 

 pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate; 



Whereas it is provided in paragraph (4) of Article XVI of the 

 International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the 

 Sea by Oil, 1954, that any amendment communicated to Contracting 

 Governments for their acceptance under paragraph (3) of that Article 

 shall come into force for all Contracting Governments, except those 

 which before it comes into force make a declaration that they do not 

 accept the amendment, twelve months after the date on which the 

 amendment is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting Governments; 



Whereas instruments of acceptance of the said amendments were 

 deposited with the Inter- Governmental Maritime Consultative Orga- 

 nization by Contracting Governments as foUows: Poland, except 

 as to the amendment to Article XIV, on January 28, 1963; France 

 on April 29, 1963; Sweden on June 10, 1963; Canada on July 5, 1963; 

 Kuwait on July 17, 1963; Norway on August 7, 1963; Liberia on 

 August 21, 1963; the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 

 Ireland on August 28, 1963; the United Arab Republic on October 3, 

 1963; the Netherlands on December 23, 1963; Denmark on May 22, 

 1964; Ghana on October 19, 1964; Jordan on December 14, 1964; the 

 Federal Republic of Germany on December 17, 1964; Malagasy 

 Republic on June 21, 1965; Ireland on August 3, 1965; the Philippines 

 on November 9, 1965; Belgium on February 10, 1966; Finland on 

 March 14, 1966; Switzerland on May 11, 1966; Iceland on May 18, 

 1966; and Israel on June 28, 1966; 



Whereas, as a consequence of the deposit by a Contracting Gov- 

 ernment (Iceland) of the twenty-first acceptance of the amendments 

 to Articles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XVI, and XVIII 

 and the amendments to Annexes A and B, two-thirds of the Contract- 

 ing Governments to the Convention had accepted those amendments, 

 which will accordingly come into force on May 18, 1967; 



Whereas, as a consequence of the deposit on June 28, 1966 by a 

 Contracting Government (Israel) of the twenty-first acceptance of 

 the amendment to Article XIV, two-thirds of the Contracting Gov- 

 ernments had accepted that amendment, which wiU accordingly 

 come into force on June 28, 1967; 



And whereas an instriunent of acceptance of all of the aforesaid 

 amendments was deposited by the Government of the United States 

 of America on September 21, 1966; 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President 

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

 the said amendments to the International Convention for the Pre- 

 vention of Pollution of the Sea by OH, 1954, to the end that they 

 shaU be observed and fulfilled with good faith, on and after May 18, 



