MULTILATERAL-WHEAT-MAR . 23, 1949 WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their resolu- tion of June 13, 1949, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said agreement; WHEREAS the said agreement was duly ratified by the President of the United States of America on June 17, 1949 in pursuance of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate; WHEREAS it is provided in Article XX of the said agreement that instruments of acceptance by the signatory Governments shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America; WHEREAS it is provided further in Article XX that Parts 1, 3, 4, and 5 of the said agreement shall enter into force on July 1, 1949 be- tween those Governments which have accepted it, provided that the Governments of countries listed in Annex A to Article III responsible for not less than seventy per cent of the guaranteed purchases and the Governments of countries listed in Annex B to Article III respon- sible for not less than eighty per cent of the guaranteed sales have accepted the said agreement by July 1, 1949; WHEREAS instruments of acceptance of the said agreement were deposited with the Government of the United States of America on or before July 1, 1949 by the Governments of certain countries, namely: Canada on May 12, Ceylon on June 16, Belgium on June 17, the United States of America on June 17, Denmark on June 21, Ireland on June 27, New Zealand on June 27, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 27, Israel on June 28, Sweden on June 28, Switzerland on June 28, Austria on June 29, the Netherlands on June 29, Peru on June 29, the Union of South Africa on June 29, Australia on June 30, Greece on June 30, India on June 30, Lebanon on June 30, Portugal on June 30, Saudi Arabia on June 30, and France on July 1; WHEREAS Austria, Belgium, Ceylon, Denmark, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Union of South Africa, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are listed in Annex A to Article III of the said agreement and are responsible for not less than seventy per cent of the guaranteed purchases, and Australia, Canada, France, and the United States of America are listed in Annex B to Article III of the said agreement and are responsible for not less than eighty per cent of the guaranteed sales; WHEREAS it is provided further in Article XX of the said agreement that any signatory Government which has not accepted the said agreement by July 1, 1949 may be granted by the International Wheat Council an extension of time after that date for depositing its instru- ment of acceptance, and that Parts 1, 3, 4, and 5 of the said agreement shall enter into force for that Government on the date of the deposit of its instrument of acceptance, and Part 2 of the said agreement shall enter into force for that Government on the date fixed for the entry into force of that Part; WHEREAS the said Council, at its First Session, held in Washington July 6 to 9, inclusive, 1949, decided on July 6, 1949 that signatory Governments which had not accepted the said agreement by July 1, 1949 were granted an extension of time to the closing of the said First Advice and consent of Senate. Ratification. Ante, p. 2193. Ante, p. 2177. Ante, p. 2178. Deposit of instru- ments of acceptance. Ante, pp. 2173, 2186, 2188 Ante, p. 2175. 2235 63 STAT.]
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