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 2504 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. ARTICLE XV. Entry into force 1. This Constitution shall be subject to acceptance. The instruments of acceptance shall be deposited with the Government of the United Kingdom. 2. This Constitution shall remain open for signature in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom. Signature may take place either before or after the deposit of the instrument of acceptance. No acceptance shall be valid unless preceded or followed by signature. 3. This Constitution shall come into force when it has been accepted by twenty of its signatories. Subsequent acceptances shall take effect immediately. 4. The Government of the United Kingdom will inform all members of the United Nations of the receipt of all instruments of acceptance Post p. 2519. and of the date on which the Constitution comes into force in accord- ance with the preceding paragraph. In faith whereof, the undersigned, duly authorised to that effect, have signed this Constitution in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic. Done in London the sixteenth day of November, 1945 in a single copy, in the English and French languages, of which certified copies will be communicated by the Government of the United Kingdom to the Governments of all the Members of the United Nations. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC CONRADO TRAVERSO AUSTRALIA BELGIUM A. BUISSERET BOLIVIA C. SALAMANCA BRAZIL MONIZ DE ARAGAO THE BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC CANADA VINCENT MASSEY CHILE FRANCISCO WALKER LINARES CHINA Hu SHIH COLOMBIA J. J. ARANGO COSTA RICA

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