[ PROCLAMATION NO. 200, September 23, 1955 ]
MAKING PUBLIC THE AGREEMENT ON THE IMPORTION OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL MATERIALS, NOVEMBER 22, 1950
WHEREAS, the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials, which was opened for signature at Lake Success, New York, U.S.A., on November 22, 1950, was signed by the authorized representatives of the Philippines and of other countries;
WHEREAS, the Agreement is designed to promote and facilitate the free exchange of ideas and knowledge and, in general, the widest possible dissemination of the diverse forms and self-expression used by civilizations which are vitally important to international progress and international understanding, and consequently for the maintenance of world peace;
WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 78 adopted on May 2, 1952, concurred in the ratification of the said Agreement in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines has ratified the said Agreement and deposited her instrument of ratification on August 30, 1952 with, the Secretary-General of the United Nations;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Agreement, a copy of which 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 at 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