MAKING PUBLIC THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, JANUARY 18, 1955

WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship between the
Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Egypt was concluded and signed
by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, D.C., on January 18, 1955;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the
Philippines, by its Resolution No. 39 adopted on April 11, 1955, concurred in
the making of the said Treaty of Friendship in accordance with the Constitution
of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification by their
respective Governments were exchanged at Washington, D.C., on January 11, 1956;
and

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the said Treaty of
Friendship 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 of
Friendship between the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Egypt, a
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 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 9th 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