MAKING PUBLIC THE AGREEMENT ON THE IMPORTION OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL MATERIALS, NOVEMBER 22, 1950

WHEREAS, the Agreement on the Importation of
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials, which was opened for signature
at Lake Success, New York, U.S.A., on November 22, 1950, was signed by the
authorized representatives of the Philippines and of other countries;

WHEREAS, the Agreement is designed to promote and
facilitate the free exchange of ideas and knowledge and, in general, the widest
possible dissemination of the diverse forms and self-expression used by
civilizations which are vitally important to international progress and
international understanding, and consequently for the maintenance of world
peace;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the
Philippines, by its Resolution No. 78 adopted on May 2, 1952, concurred in the
ratification of the said Agreement in accordance with the Constitution of the
Philippines;

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines has ratified
the said Agreement and deposited her instrument of ratification on August 30,
1952 with, the Secretary-General of the United Nations;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon
Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Agreement, 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 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 at Manila, this 23rd day of September, 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:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary