WHEREAS, an International Telecommunication Convention, General Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention, Final Protocol to the International Telecommunication Convention, Additional Protocols to the International Telecommunication Convention, Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention and Additional Radio Regulations, was concluded and signed at Atlantic City on October 2, 1947, by the authorized representatives of the Philippines and of other countries;

WHEREAS, the major purposes of this Convention and the Regulations annexed thereto are to maintain and extend international cooperation for the improvement and rational use of telecommunication of all kinds; to promote the development of the technical facilities and their most efficient operation with a view of improving the efficiency of telecommunication services, increasing their usefulness and making them, as far as possible, generally available to the public; and to harmonize the actions of nations in the attainment of those common ends;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 99 adopted on May 22, 1952, did concur in the ratification by the President of the Philippines of the aforesaid Convention, together with the Regulations and Protocols annexed thereto, in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines has formally ratified the said Convention, together with the Regulations and Potocols annexed thereto, and deposited her instrument of ratification on November 13, 1952 with the General Secretary of the International Union of Telecommunication;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Convention, together with the Regulations and Protocols annexed thereto, 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, subject to the reservation that, for the present, the Republic of the Philippines cannot agree to be bound by the Telephone and Telegraph Regulations referred to in Paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the aforesaid Convention.

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 24th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine 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