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 TREATIES CONSIDERANDO: Que los parrafos segundo y ter- AnUt,p. i cero del Articulo XX del Convenio Interamericano del Cafe, firmado en Washington el 28 de noviembre de 1940, establecen que: "El Convenio sera ratificado o aprobado por cada uno de los Gobiernos signatarios de acuerdo con los requisites de su legislaci6n y entrara en vigor cuando los instrumentos de ratificaci6n o aprobaci6n de todos los Gobiernos signata- rios hayan sido depositados en la Uni6n Panamericana. Tan pronto como sea posible despues del dep6sito de cual- quier ratificaci6n, la Uni6n Panamericana informarA de ella a cada uno de los Gobiernos signatarios. "Si dentro de noventa dias desde la fecha de firma de este Convenio, los instrumentos de ratificaci6n o aprobaci6n de todos los Gobiernos signa- tarios no han side deposita- dos, los Gobiernos que hayan depositado sus instrumentos de ratificaci6n o aprobaci6n podran poner el Convenio en vigor entre ellos por medio de un Protocolo. Tal Protocolo sera depositado en la Uni6n Panamericana, la que sumi- nistrara'copias certificadas del mismo a cada uno de los Go- biernos en cuyo nombre el Pro- tocolo o el presente Convenio fue firmado.", y WHEREAS: The second and third para- graphs of Article XX of the Inter- American Coffee Agreement, signed at Washington on Novem- ber 28, 1940, provide that: "The Agreement shall be ratified or approved by each of the signatory Governments in accordance with its legal requirements and shall come into force when the instru- ments of ratification or approval of all the signatory Governments have been de- posited with the Pan Ameri- can Union. As soon as possi- ble after the deposit of any ratification the Pan American Union shall inform each of the signatory Governments thereof. "If, within ninety days from the date of signature of this Agreement, the instruments of ratification or approval of all the signatory Governments have not been deposited, the Governments which have de- posited their instruments of ratification or approval may put the Agreement into force among themselves by means of a Protocol. Such Protocol shall be deposited with the Pan American Union, which shall furnish certified copies thereof to each of the Govern- ments on behalf of which the Protocol or the present Agree- ment was signed."; [55 STAT.

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