TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 04-227.5 

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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 

Accession of the Slovak Republic 

 Protocol Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and OTHER GOVERNMENTS 

Signed at Brussels March 26, 2003 

 
 

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 MULTILATERAL 

 North Atlantic Treaty: Accession of the Slovak Republic 

Protocol signed at Brussels March 26, 2003; 

Transmitted by the President of the United States of America 

 to the Senate April 10, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-4, 

 108th Congress, 1st Session); 

Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 

 April 30, 2003 (Senate Executive Report No. 108-6, 

 108th Congress, 1st Session); 

Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate 

 May 8, 2003; 

Ratified by the President February 25, 2004; 

Ratification of the United States of America deposited February 27, 2004; 

Entered into force February 27, 2004. 
PROTOCOL TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY

ON THE ACCESSION OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

PROTOCOLE AU TRAITE DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD

SUR L'ACCESSION DE LA REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE
The Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Washington on

April 4, 1949,

Being satisfied that the security of the North Atlantic area will be

enhanced by the accession of the Slovak Republic to that Treaty,

Agree as follows:
Article I

Upon the entry into force of this Protocol, the Secretary General of

the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation shall, on behalf of all the

Parties, communicate to the Government of the Slovak Republic an

invitation to accede to the North Atlantic Treaty. In accordance with

Article 10 of the Treaty, the Slovak Republic shall become a Party on

the date when it deposits its instrument of accession with the

Government of the United States of America.

Article II

The present Protocol shall enter into force when each of the Parties

to the North Atlantic Treaty has notified the Government of the United

States of America of its acceptance thereof. The Government of the

United States of America shall inform all the Parties to the North

Atlantic Treaty of the date of receipt of each such notification and of

the date of the entry into force of the present Protocol.

Article DTI

The present Protocol, of which the English and French texts are

equally authentic, shall be deposited in the Archives of the Government

of the United States of America. Duly certified copies thereof shall be

transmitted by that Government to the Governments of all the Parties

to the North Atlantic Treaty.
Les Parties au Traite de l'Atlantique Nord, signe le 4 avril 1949

a Washington,

Assurees que l'accession de la Republique slovaque au Traite de

l'Atlantique Nord permetlra d'augmenter in securite de la region de

I'Atlantique Nord,

Convicnnent ce qui suit :
Article I

Des l'entree en vigueur de ce Protocole, le Secretaire General de

]'Organisation du Traite de l'Atlantique Nord enverra, au nom de

toutes les Parties, au Gouvemement de la Republique slovaque une

invitation a adherer an Traite de l'Athuitique Nord. Conformement

]'Article 10 du Traite, la Republique slovaque deviendra Partie a ce

Traite a la date du &pa de son instrument d'accession aupres du

Gouvemement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique.

Article 11

Le present Protocole entrera en vigueur lorsque toutes les Parties

au Traite de l'Atlantique Nord auront notifie leur approbation an

Gouvemement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Le Gouvernement des

Etats-Unis d'Amerique informera toutes les Parties au Traite de

l'Atlantique Nord de la date . de reception de chacune de ces

notifications et de la date d'entree en vigueur du present Protocole.

Article III

Le present Protocole, dont les textes en francais et anglais font

egalemcnt foi, sera depose dans les archives du Gouvernement des

Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Des copies certifiees conformes seront

iransmises par celui-ci aux Gouvemements de toutes les autres Parties

an Traite de l'Atlantique Nord.
For the Kingdom of Belgium :

Pour le Royaume de Belgique I

For Canada :

Pour Is Canada :

For the Czech Republic :

Pour Is Republique tcheque :

For the Kingdom of Denmark :

Pour k Royaume de Denmark :

For the French Republic :

Pour la Republique francaise :

For the Federal Republic of Germany :

Pour la Republique federale d'Allemagne :

For the Hellenic Republic :

Pour Is Republique hellenique :

For the Republic of Hungary :

Pour la Republique de Hongrie

For the Republic of Iceland :

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Pow Is Republique d'Islande : •

In witness whereof,

the undersigned plenipotentiaries have signed

the present Protocol.

En foi de quoi,

les plenipotentiaires designs ci-dessous

ont signe le present Protocole.

Signed at Brussels

on the 26th day of March 2003.

Signe a Bruxelles

le 26 mars 2003.

For the Italian Re

Pour la Republique italienne :

For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg :

Pour Is Grand-Duchy de Luxembourg :

For the Kingdom of the Netherlands :

Pour Is Royaume des Pays-Baa :

For the Kingdom of Norway :

Pour le Royaume de Norvege :

For the Republic of Poland :

Pour la Republique de Pologne :

For the Portuguese Republic :

Pour Is Republique portugaise :

For the Kingdom of Spain :

Pour Is Royaume d'Espagne :

For the Republic of Turkey :

Pour Ia Republique de Ia lbrquie :

For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland :

Pour le Royaumc-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et dIrlande du Nord :

For the United States of America :

Pour les Etats-Unis d'Amerique :