WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 96, adopted on May 22, 1955, concurred in the ratification of the aforesaid Agreement in accordance with the constitutional procedure of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both parts, and the instruments of ratification of the two Governments were exchanged at Manila on the fourth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three; and

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the said Agreement that it shall come into force definitely upon its ratification;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon Magsaysay President of the Philippines, have caused the said Agreement, a copy of which in the English language is hereto attached, to be made public 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 23rd day of September, 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:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary