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TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES TIAS 20-319 

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 

Accession of North Macedonia 

Protocol Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and OTHER GOVERNMENTS 

Signed at Brussels February 6, 2019 

Entered into force March 19, 2020 
NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

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(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued

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MULTILATERAL 

Defense 

Protocol done at Brussels February 6, 2019. 

Transmitted by the President of the United States of America 

to the Senate April 29, 2019 (Treaty Doc. 116-1, 

116th Congress, 1st Session). 

Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 

September 18, 2019 (Senate Executive Report No. 116-5, 

116th Congress, 1st Session). 

Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate October 22, 2019. 

Ratified by the President November 26, 2019. 

Instrument of Ratification of the United States of America deposited 

November 29, 2019. 

Entered into force for the United States March 19, 2020. 
PROTOCOL 

TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 

ON THE ACCESSION OF 

THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA 

PROTOCOLE 

AU TRAITE DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD 

SUR L'ACCESSION DE 

LA REPUBLIQUE DE MACEDOINE DU NORD 

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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 Republic of North Macedonia to that Treaty, 

Agree as follows: 

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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 Republic of North Macedonia an invitation to 

accede to the North Atlantic Treaty. In accordance with Article 10 of the 

Treaty, the Republic of North Macedonia 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 Ill 

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 !'accession de la Republique de Macedoine du Nord au Traite de 

l'Atlantique Nord permettra d'augmenter la securite de la region de l'Atlantique 

Nord, 

Conviennent 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 de Macedoine du Nord une 

invitation a adherer au Traite de l'Atlantique Nord. Conformement a !'Article 

1 O du Traite, Ia Republique de Macedoine du Nord deviendra Partie a ce 

Traite a Ia date du depot de son instrument d'accession aupres du 

Gouvemement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. 

Article II 

Le present Protocole entrera en vigueur lorsque toutes les Parties au Traite 

de l'Atlantique Nord auront notifie leur approbation au Gouvemement des 

Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Le Gouvemement 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 Ia date d'entree en vigueur 

du present Protocole. 

Article Ill 

Le present Protocole, dont les textes en franc;ais et anglais font egalement 

foi, sera depose dans les archives du Gouvemement des Etats-Unis 

d'Amerique. Des copies certifiees conformes seront transmises par celui-ci 

aux Gouvemements de toutes Jes autres Parties au Traite de l'Atlantique 

Nord. 
In witness whereof, the undersigned plenipotentiaries have signed the present 

Protocol. 

Signed at Brussels on the sixth day of February 2019. 

En foi de quoi, les plenipotentiaires designes ci-dessous ont signe le present 

Protocole. 

Signe a Bruxelles le 6 fevrier 2019. 

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