MAKING PUBLIC THE CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN PERSONS AND OF THE EXPLOITATION OF THE PROSTITUTION OF OTHERS, MARCH 21, 1950, AND OF THE FINAL PROTOCOL THERETO

WHEREAS, the Convention for the Suppression of
the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
accompanied by a Final Protocol, was opened for signature at Lake Success, New
York, on March 21, 1950, and signed by the authorized representatives of the
Philippines and of other countries;

WHEREAS, Article 23 of the aforesaid Convention
provides that it shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be
deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the
Philippines, by its Resolution No. 82 adopted on May 5, 1952, did concur in the
ratification of said Convention together with its Final Protocol in accordance
with the Constitution of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the instrument of ratification of the
Philippines of the said Convention and its final Protocol signed by the
President on August 20, 1952, was deposited on September 19, 1952 with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations; and,

WHEREAS, the said Convention together with its
Final Protocol entered into force in respect of the Philippines on December 18,
1952, in accordance with Article 24 thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon
Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Convention for
the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the
Prostitution of Others and its annexed Final Protocol, 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 set my hand
and caused to be affixed the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd 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