The Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on July 24,
1971, together with two related protocols, the text of which, as
certified by the Director, Office of International Standards and Legal
Affairs, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, in the French, English and Spanish languages, is hereto
annexed;
The Senate of the United States of America by its resolution of August
14, 1972, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, gave
its advice and consent to ratification of the Convention as revised,
together with the two related protocols;
The President of the United States of America ratified the Convention
as revised, together with the two related protocols on August 28, 1972,
in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate;
The instrument of ratification by the United States of America was
deposited with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization on September 18, 1972, in
accordance with paragraph 3 of Article VIII of the Convention as
revised;
It is provided in paragraph 1 of Article IX of the Convention as
revised that it shall come into force three months after the deposit of
twelve instruments of ratification, acceptance or accession;
It is provided in paragraph 2(b) of each of the protocols that it shall
enter into force in respect of each State on the date of deposit of the
instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession of the State
concerned or on the date of entry into force of the 1971 Convention
with respect to such State, whichever is the later; and
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article IX of the
Convention as revised and paragraph 2(b) of each of the two related
protocols, the Convention as revised, together with the two related
protocols, entered into force on July 10, 1974.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Richard Nixon, President of the
United States of America, proclaim and make public the Convention as
revised, together with the two related protocols, to the end that they
shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of
America and by the citizens of the United States of America and all
other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have signed this proclamation and caused the
Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the city of Washington this eighteenth day of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred seventy-four and of the
independence of [SEAL] the United States of America the one hundred
ninety-ninth.