Proclamation No. 139 (1949)

MALACAÑANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 139

MAKING PUBLIC THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 21, 1947.

WHEREAS, a Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies was approved by the United Nations on November 21, 1947, in its Resolution No. 179 (II);

WHEREAS, the objective of the convention is the unification as far as possible of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the United Nations and the various specialized agencies;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 91, adopted on May 17, 1949, concurred in the accession thereto of the Republic of the Philippines; and

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines has formally acceded to the said convention;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim and make public the said Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies, a copy of which is hereto attached, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines 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 30th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

TEODORO EVANGELISTA

Executive Secretary