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 WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their Resolution of July 25, 1946, two-thirds of the Senators present con- curring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said convention; WHEREAS the said convention was duly ratified by the President of the United States of America on August 6, 1946, in pursuance of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate; Ante,p.1206. WHEREAS it is provided by paragraph (b) of Article 91 of the said convention that as soon as the convention has been ratified or adhered to by twenty-six States it shall come into force between them on the thirtieth day after deposit of the twenty-sixth instrument; mentsofratification. WHEREAS instruments of ratification of, or notifications of adherence to, the said convention were deposited with the Government of the United States of America by the Governments of the following States, namely: Poland on April 6, 1945; Turkey on December 20, 1945; Nicaragua on December 28, 1945; Paraguay on January 21, 1946; the Dominican Republic on January 25, 1946; Canada on February 13, 1946; China on February 20, 1946; Peru on April 8, 1946; Argentina on June 4, 1946; Mexico on June 25, 1946; Brazil on July 8, 1946; the United States of America on August 9, 1946; Ireland on October 31, 1946; Sweden on November 7, 1946; Switzerland on February 6, 1947; Liberia on February 11, 1947; Portugal on February 27, 1947; Den- mark on February 28, 1947; Australia on March 1, 1947; Czecho- slovakia on March 1, 1947; Ethiopia on March 1, 1947; India on March 1, 1947; the Philippines on March 1, 1947; the Union of South Africa on March 1, 1947; the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on March 1, 1947; Spain on March 5, 1947; New Zealand on March 7,1947; Chile on March 11, 1947; Egypt on March 13, 1947; and Greece on March 13, 1947; Entry into fore. WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforesaid provision of paragraph (b) of Article 91 of the said convention, the convention will enter into force on April 4, 1947, the thirtieth day after March 5, 1947, the date of deposit of the twenty-sixth instrument; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention on international civil aviation to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith, on and after April 4, 1947, by the United States of America and by the citizens of the United States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty- [SEAL] seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-first. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: DEAN ACHESON Acting Secretary of State 1212 TREATIES [61 STAT.

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