MAKING PUBLIC THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND GENERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC.

WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship and General
Relations between the Republic of the Philippines and the Italian Republic,
designed to strengthen the relations of amity and good understanding which
happily exist between the two countries, was concluded and signed by the
respective Plenipotentiaries of the two Governments at Rome, on July ninth,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its
Resolution No. 50 adopted on May 4, 1948, concurred in the making of the said
Treaty of Friendship and General Relations, subject to a reservation, as
follows:

“Resolved, That the Senate of the Philippines
concur, as it hereby concurs, in the Treaty of Friendship and General Relations
between the Republic of the Philippines and the Italian Republic which was
concluded and signed at Rome on July ninth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
with the understanding, that nothing in the Treaty shall be construed as
affecting, altering, amending or repealing any of the existing constitutional
provisions, statutes, or laws, of the Republic of the Philippines prohibiting
aliens, or limiting or regulating their rights to acquire, possess, and dispose
of movable or immovable property, to establish and maintain schools of
learning, to reside and travel, and to engage in trade, industry, and other
pursuits.”

WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified
and confirmed by the President of the Philippines subject to the reservation in
the resolution of concurrence of the Philippine Senate, quoted above;

WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified
by the Government of the Republic of Italy;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification of the
two Governments were exchanged at Manila, Philippines, on the tenth day of
December, nineteen hundred and forty-eight; and

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in said Treaty that it
shall enter into operation on the date of exchange of ratifications;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Elpidio
Quirino, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Treaty, a certified
copy of which is hereto annexed, to lie 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, subject to
the aforesaid reservation.

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, Philippines, this
22nd day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine,
and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

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