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 TREATIES Protocol between the United States of America and other governments December 2.1946 extending the protocol of November 26, 1945, respecting whaling. [T - IA-S1708] Open for signature at Washington December 2, 1946; ratification advisedby the Senate of the United States of AmericaJuly 2,1947;ratified by the President of the United States of America July 18, 1947; proclaimedby the President of the United States of America February 16, 1948; entered into force February 6, 1948. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a protocol extending the provisions of the Protocol for the Regulation of Whaling signed at London on November 26, 1945 was signed at Washington on December 2, 1946 by the respective pleni- potentiaries of the Governments of the United States of America, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, the Union of South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; WHEREAS the text of the said protocol of December 2, 1946, in the English language, is word for word as follows: PROTOCOL FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING The Governments whose duly authorized representatives have sub- scribed hereto, Recognizing the necessity of an early decision regarding the regu- lations to be made applicable to the whaling season of 1947-48; Having due regard both to the world shortage of oil and fats and to the necessity for the conservation of the whale stocks; Agree as follows: Article I All the provisions of the Protocol for the Regulation of Whaling signed in London on November 26, 1945 shall be made applicable as if in the said Protocol the words "season 1947-48" were sub- stituted for the words "season 1946/47" and the words "1 May 1948 to 31 October 1948" were substituted for the words "lst May, 1947, to 31st October, 1947". Article II This Protocol shall come into force when notifications of ac- ceptance thereof shall have been given to the Government of the United States of America by all the Governments parties to the Proto- col of November 26, 1945. 1577 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1213. Applicability to season 1947-48. 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1213. Entry into force. Post, p. 1580.

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