PROCLAMATION NO. 200

: The Agreement aims to promote and facilitate the free exchange of ideas and knowledge and the widest possible dissemination of diverse forms of self-expression to support international progress, understanding, and world peace.
: It was signed in Lake Success, New York, U.S.A., on November 22, 1950.
: The Agreement was signed by the authorized representatives of the Philippines.
: The Senate, through Resolution No. 78 adopted on May 2, 1952, concurred in the ratification of the Agreement in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines.
: The Republic of the Philippines deposited its instrument of ratification on August 30, 1952, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
: The Philippines fulfilled the constitutional requirement of obtaining Senate concurrence prior to ratification.
: Making the Agreement public means that every article and clause thereof must be observed and fulfilled in good faith by the Republic of the Philippines and its citizens.
: Mariano Yenko, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary, signed the Proclamation along with the President.