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[61 STAT. WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their reso- lution of June 24, 1947, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring Ante, p. z31. therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said Protocol Ante, p. 21. and accompanying Annex; WHEREAS the said Protocol and accompanying Annex were duly ratified by the President of the United States of America on July. 15, 1947, in pursuance of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate; Ante, p. 33. WHEREAS it is provided in Article VII of the said Protocol that the said Protocol shall come into force in respect of each Party on the date upon which it has been signed on behalf of that Party without reserva- tion as to approval, or upon which an instrument of acceptance has been deposited; WHEREAS it is further provided in Article VII of the said Protocol that the amendments set forth in the Annex shall come into force in respect of each Agreement, Convention and Protocol mentioned therein when a majority of the Parties thereto have become Parties to the present Protocol; Deposit of instru- WHEREAS the instrument of ratification on the part of the United ment of ratification. States of America of the said Protocol, including the Annex thereto, was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on August 12, 1947; WHEREAS the said Protocol, in accordance with Article VII thereof, entered into force with respect to the United States of America upon the deposit of the aforesaid instrument of ratification; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public the aforesaid Protocol amending the Agreements, Conventions and Protocols on Narcotic Drugs to the end that the said Protocol and every article and clause thereof shall, on and after August 12, 1947, be observed and fulfilled with good faith 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; and Jp p.» Pro FURTHER, be it known that, when the amendments set forth in the Annex to the said Protocol shall have come into force in accordance with Article VII of the said Protocol, I shall issue a supplementary proclamation with respect to the said amendments. 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 fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-seven [SEALI and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-second. By the President: HARRY S TRUMAN ROBERT A LovETT Ating Secretay of Sak TREATIES 2282