MAKING PUBLIC THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PAKISTAN

WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship between the
Republic of the Philippines and Pakistan, designed to strengthen and perpetuate
the friendly relations so happily existing between them in a manner befitting
their spiritual, cultural, and economic ties, was concluded and signed at
Washington, D. C., on the 3rd day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-one by
the respective plenipotentiaries of the two Governments;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the
Philippines, by its resolution No. 95, adopted on May 22, 1952, concurred in
the making of the said Treaty of Friendship in accordance with the Constitution
of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification of the
two Governments were exchange at Washington, D.
C., on September 25, 1953;

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 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 set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at 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