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 TREATIES October 2, 1940 Convention between the United States of America and other American -- T.B. 9B] Republics respecting nature protection and wildlife preservation in the Western Hemisphere. Opened for signature at the Pan American Union at Washington October 12, 1940; signed for the United States of America October 12, 1940; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States of America April 7, 1941; ratified by the President of the United States April 15, 1941; ratification of the United States deposited with the Pan American Union at Washington April 28, 1941; proclaimed by the President of the United States April 30, 1942. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a convention on nature protection and wildlife preserva- tion in the Western Hemisphere was opened for signature at the Pan American Union on October 12, 1940, and was on that day signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, Bolivia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela and was subsequently signed on behalf of Costa Rica on October 24, 1940, Mexico on November 20, 1940, Uruguay on December 9, 1940, Brazil on December 27, 1940, Colombia on January 17, 1941, Chile on January 22, 1941, Guatemala on April 9, 1941, Haiti on April 29, 1941, and Argentina on May 19, 1941, the original of which convention, being in the English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French languages, is word for word as follows: [56 STAT.

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