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 MULTILATERAL-WHALING-DEC. 2, 1946 1729 WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their Reso- lution of July 2, 1947, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said conven- tion; WHEREAS the said convention was duly ratified by the President of the United States of America on July 18, 1947, in pursuance of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate; WHEREAS it is provided in Article X of the said convention that the convention shall, when instruments of ratification have been deposited by at least six signatory Governments, which shall include the Gov- ernments of the Netherlands, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire- land, and the United States of America, enter into force with respect to those Governments; WHEREAS instruments of ratification of the said convention were deposited with the Government of the United States of America by the following Governments, namely: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 17, 1947; the United States of America on July 18, 1947; Australia on December 1, 1947; Norway on March 3, 1948; the Union of South Africa on May 5, 1948; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on September 11, 1948; and the Netherlands on November 10, 1948; [1] AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforesaid provisions of Article X of the said convention, the convention entered into force on November 10, 1948; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public the said convention for the regulation of whaling, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof shall be observed and ful- filled with good faith, on and after November 10, 1948, 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 nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred [SEAL] forty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-third. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State 1 Iceland adhered by notice given Mar. 10, 1947, effective Nov. 10, 1948; and Panama adhered by notice given Sept. 27, 1948, effective Nov. 10, 1948, agreeing to apply convention provisionally until approved in conformity with constitutional requirements of Panama. Advice and consent to ratification. Ratification. Ante, p. 1720. Deposit of instru ments of ratification. Entry into force. Ante, p. 1720. Proclamation. 62 STAT. ]

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