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 1220 TREATIES [61 STAT. The Secretary General of the United Nations to the Acting United States Representative to the United Nations Mailing Address: Cable Address: Box 1000, New York 1, N.Y., U.S .A. UNO NEW YORK UNITED NATIONS * NATIONS UNIES Hunter College, Bronx 63, New York. Melrose 5-4701 Office of the Secretary General In reply refer to: 903-2-3/I1 4 SEPTEMBER 1946 SIR, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a Declaration by the President of the United States of America recognizing, on behalf of the United States of America, the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice under Article 36 of the Statute of the 59 stat. 10oo. Court which you deposited with me on 26 August 1946. The text of the Declaration reads as follows: "DECLARATION ON THE PART OF THB UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, declare on behalf of the United States of America, under Article 59 stat. 10e0. 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and in accordance with the Resolution of August 2, 1946, of the Senate of the United States of America (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), that the United States of America recognizes as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other state accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in all legal dis- putes hereafter arising concerning a. the interpretation of a treaty; b. any question of international law; c. the existence of any fact which, if established, would consti- tute a breach of an international obligation; d. the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the breach of an international obligation; Provided, that this declaration shall not apply to a. disputes the solution of which the parties shall entrust to other tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence or which may be concluded in the future; or b. disputes with regard to matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States of America as deter- mined by the United States of America; or c. disputes arising under a multilateral treaty, unless (1) all parties to the treaty affected by the decision are also parties to the case before the Court, or (2) the United States of America specially agrees to jurisdiction; and

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