WHEREAS, on December 11, 1946, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted another resolution inviting the Members of the United Nations to accede to the aforesaid Convention at as early a date as possible;

WHEREAS, the said Convention fully implements Articles 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations of which the Republic of the Philippines is a signatory, by providing that the Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its Members such legal capacities, privileges, and immunities of its purposes, and that representatives of the Members of the United Nations and officials of the Organization shall similarly enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organization;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 28 adopted on February 18, 1947, concurred in the accession thereto of the Republic of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines has formally acceded to the said Convention which became effective in respect of the Philippines on October 28, 1947;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon Magsayasy, President of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim and make public the said Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, a copy of which hereto attached, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines and the citizens thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary