MAKING PUBLIC THE CONVENTION ON THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS, FEBRUARY 13, 1946

WHEREAS, a Convention on the Privileges and
Immunities of the United Nations was adopted on February 13, 1946, by the
General Assembly of the United Nations;

WHEREAS, on December 11, 1946, the General
Assembly of the United Nations adopted another resolution inviting the Members
of the United Nations to accede to the aforesaid Convention at as early a date
as possible;

WHEREAS, the said Convention fully implements
Articles 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations of which the Republic
of the Philippines is a signatory, by providing that the Organization shall
enjoy in the territory of each of its Members such legal capacities, privileges,
and immunities of its purposes, and that representatives of the Members of the
United Nations and officials of the Organization shall similarly enjoy such
privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of
their functions in connection with the Organization;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its
Resolution No. 28 adopted on February 18, 1947, concurred in the accession
thereto of the Republic of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines has
formally acceded to the said Convention which became effective in respect of
the Philippines on October 28, 1947;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon
Magsayasy, President of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim and make public the
said Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, a copy
of which hereto attached, 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 in the City of Manila, this 11th day of
August, 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:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary