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Pel’O Primeiro-Ministro, Augusto Ernesto Santos Silva — O Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Augusto

Ernesto Santos Silva — O Secretário de Estado Adjunto e dos Assuntos Parlamentares, José Duarte Piteira

Rica Silvestre Cordeiro.

Anexos

Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty

on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia

Protocole au Traité de l'Atlantique Nord

sur l'accession de la République de Macédoine du Nord

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:

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 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.

Les Parties au Traité de l'Atlantique Nord, signé le 4 avril 1949 à Washington,

Assurées que l'accession de la République de Macédoine du Nord au Traité de l'Atlantique Nord permettra

d'augmenter la sécurité de la région de l'Atlantique Nord,

Conviennent ce qui suit:

Article I

Dès l'entrée en vigueur de ce Protocole, le Secrétaire Général de l'Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique

Nord enverra, au nom de toutes les Parties, au Gouvernement de la République de Macédoine du Nord une

invitation à adhérer au Traité de l'Atlantique Nord. Conformément à l'Article 10 du Traité, la République de

Macédoine du Nord deviendra Partie à ce Traité à la date du dépôt de son instrument d'accession auprès du

Gouvernement des Etats-Unis d'Amérique.