rticle VIII of the Convention as
revised;

It is provided in paragraph 1 of Article IX of the Convention as
revised that it shall come into force three months after the deposit of
twelve instruments of ratification, acceptance or accession;

It is provided in paragraph 2(b) of each of the protocols that it shall
enter into force in respect of each State on the date of deposit of the
instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession of the State
concerned or on the date of entry into force of the 1971 Convention
with respect to such State, whichever is the later; and

Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article IX of the
Convention as revised and paragraph 2(b) of each of the two related
protocols, the Convention as revised, together with the two related
protocols, entered into force on July 10, 1974.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Richard Nixon, President of the
United States of America, proclaim and make public the Convention as
revised, together with the two related protocols, to the end that they
shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of
America and by the citizens of the United States of America and all
other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have signed this proclamation and caused the
Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the city of Washington this eighteenth day of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred seventy-four and of the
independence of [SEAL] the United States of America the one hundred
ninety-ninth.

Richard Nixon

By the President: HENRY A. KISSINGER, Secretary of State

The Contracting States.

Moved by the desire to ensure in all countries copyright protection of
literary, scientific and artistic works,

Convinced that a system of copyright protection appropriate to all
nations of the world and expressed in a universal convention,
additional to, and without impairing international systems already in
force, will ensure respect for the rights of the individual and
encourage the development of literature, the sciences and the arts,

Persuaded that such a universal copyright system will facilitate a
wider dissemination of works of the human mind and increase
international understanding,

Have resolved to revise the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at
Geneva on 6 September 1952 (hereinafter called "the 1952 Convention"),
and consequently,

Have agreed as fo