TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 98-1204 

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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 

Accession of the Czech Republic 

 Protocol Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and OTHER GOVERNMENTS 

Signed at Brussels December 16, 1997 

 
 

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 MULTILATERAL 

 North Atlantic Treaty: Accession of the Czech Republic 

Protocol signed at Brussels December 16, 1997; 

Transmitted by the President of the United States of America 

 to the Senate February 11, 1998 (Treaty Doc. 105-36, 

 105th Congress, 2d Session); 

Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 

 March 3, 1998 (Senate Executive Report No. 105-14, 

 105th Congress, 2d Session); 

Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate 

 April 30, 1998; 

Ratified by the President May 21, 1998; 

Ratification of the United States of America deposited August 20, 1998; 

Entered into force December 4, 1998. 
PROTOCOL TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY

ON THE ACCESSION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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PROTOCOLE AU TRAITE DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD

SUR L'ACCESSION DE LA REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
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 Czech Republic 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 Organization shall, on behalf of all the Parties,

communicate to the Government of the Czech Republic an invitation to

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

Treaty, the Czech 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 III

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.

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Les Parties au Traite de 1'Atlantique Nord, signe le 4 avril 1949

a Washington,

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

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

1'Atlantique Nord,

Conviennent ce qui suit:

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Article I

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

l'Organisation du Traite de 1'Atlantique Nord enverra, au nom de toutes

les Parties, au gouvernement de la Republique tcheque une invitation a

adherer au Traitê de l'Atlantique Nord. Conformement a 1'Article 10 du

Traite, la R6publique tcheque deviendra Partie a ce Traite a la date du

depOt de son instrument d' accession aupres du gouvernement des EtatsUnis d'Amerique.

Article II

Le present Protocole entrera en vigueur lorsque toutes les Parties au

Traite de 1'Atlantique Nord auront notifie leur approbation au

gouvernement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Le gouvernement des EtatsUnis d'Amerique informera toutes les Parties au Traite de 1'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

egalement foi, sera depose dans les archives du gouvernement des EtatsUnis d' Amerique. Des copies certifiees conformes seront transmises par

celui-ci aux gouvernements de toutes les autres Parties au Traite de

1'Atlantique Nord.

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In witness whereof,

the undersigned plenipotentiaries

have signed the present Protocol.

En foi de quoi,

les plenipotentiaires designes ci-dessous

ont signs le present Protocole.

For the Kingdom of Belgium:

Pour le Royaume de Belgique:

For Canada:

Pour le Canada:

For the Kingdom of Denmark:

Pour le Royaume du Danemark:

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 la Republique hellenique:

For the Republic of Iceland:

Pour la Republique d'Islande:

For the Italian Republic:

Pour la Republique italienne:

For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:

Pour le Grand-Duche de Luxembourg:

For the Kingdom of the Netherlands:

Pour le Royaume des Pays-Bas:

For the Kingdom of Norway:

Pour le Royaume de Norvege:

For the Portuguese Republic:

Pour la Republique portugaise:

For the Kingdom of Spain:

Pour le Royaume d'Espagne:

For the Republic of Turkey:

Pour la Republique de la Turquie:

For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

Pour le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d' Mande du Nord:

Signed at Brussels on

the 16th day of December 1997.

Signe A Bruxelles

le 16 decembre 1997.

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