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Source: www.officialgazette.gov.ph

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 221, December 02, 1955 ]

MAKING PUBLIC THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLICAN



WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship between the Republic of the Philippines and the Dominican Republic was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, D. C., on November 2, 1952;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the Philippines, by its Resolution Na. 129 adopted on May 19, 1953, concurred in the ratification of the said Treaty in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification of the said Treaty by the two Governments were exchanged at Washington, D. C., on September 9, 1954; and

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the said Treaty 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, a certified copy of which in the English and Spanish languages 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 sent my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of December, 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:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary

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