WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 39 adopted on April 11, 1955, concurred in the making of the said Treaty of Friendship in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification by their respective Governments were exchanged at Washington, D.C., on January 11, 1956; and

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the said Treaty of Friendship that it shall enter into force upon the exchange of the instruments of ratification;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Treaty of Friendship between the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Egypt, 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 and the citizens thereof.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary