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 59 STAT.] MULTII,'ATERAL-('HARTE R OF UNITE D NATINS-JUNE 26, 1945 AND WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their Resolution of July 28 (legislative day of July 9), 1945, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said Charter, with annexed Statute; AND WHEREAS the said Charter, with annexed Statute, was duly ratified by the President of the United States of America on August 8, 1945, in pursuance of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate; AND WHEREAS it is provided by paragraph 3 of Article 110 of the said Charter that the Charter shall come into force upon the deposit of ratifications by the Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- ern Ireland, and the United States of America, and by a majority of the other signatory states, and that a protocol of the ratifications deposited shall thereupon be drawn up by the Government of the United States of America; AND WHEREAS the Secretary of State of the United States of America signed on October 24, 1945 a protocol of deposit of ratifications of the Charter of the United Nations stating that the requirements of the said paragraph 3 of Article 110 with respect to the coming into force of the said Charter have been fulfilled by the deposit of instruments of ratification of the said Charter by the following states: the Republic of China on September 28, 1945, France on August 31, 1945, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on October 24, 1945, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on October 20, 1945, and the United States of America on August 8, 1945; and by [L] Argentina on September 24, 1945, Brazil on September 21, 1945, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic on October 24, 1945, Chile on October 11, 1945, Cuba on October 15, 1945, Czechoslovakia on October 19, 1945, Denmark on October 9, 1945, the Dominican Republic on September 4, 1945, '[Since Oct. 24, 1945, the date of signature of the protocol of deposit, instru- ments of ratification have been deposited by all the other signatories as follows: Greece on Oct. 25, 1945; India on Oct. 30, 1945; Peru on Oct. 31, 1945; Australia on Nov. 1, 1945; Liberia on Nov. 2, 1945; Costa Rica on Nov. 2, 1945; Colombia on Nov. 5, 1945; Union of South Africa on Nov. 7, 1945; Mexico on Nov. 7, 1945; Canada on Nov. 9, 1945; Panama on Nov. 13, 1945; Ethiopia on Nov. 13, 1945; Bolivia on Nov. 14, 1945; Venezuela on Nov. 15, 1945; Guatemala on Nov. 21, 1945; Norway on Nov. 27, 1945; Netherlands on Dec. 10, 1945; Honduras on Dec. 17, 1945; Uruguay on Dec. 18, 1945; Ecuador on Dec. 21, 1945; Iraq on Dec. 21, 1945; Belgium on Dec. 27, 1945.] 1213

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