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3. Any Government may, at any time after its acceptance of or accession to this Agreement, by notification to the Government of the United States of America, declare that its rights and obligations under the Agreement shall apply in respect of all or any of the territories regarding which it has made a declaration in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. 4. Any Government may, by giving notification of withdrawal to the Government of the United States esf" America, withdraw from this Agreement separately in respect of all or any of the overseas territories for whose foreign relations it is responsible. 5. The Government of the United States of America will inform all signatory and acceding Governments of any declaration or notification made under this Article. In witness whereof the undersigned, having been duly authorized to this effect by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement on the dates appearing opposite their signatures. Done at Washington, this twenty-third day of March, 1949, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic, the original to be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America, which shall transmit certified copies thereof to each signatory and acceding Government. For Australia : Edwin McCarthy. March 23rd, 1949. For Austria : L. Kleinwaechter. March 23rd, 1949. For Belgium: Silvercruys. March 23rd, 1949. For Bolivia : R. Martinez Vargas. April 13th, 1949. For Brazil: Walder Lima Sarmanho. March 25th, 1949. For Canada: Charles F. Wilson. March 23rd, 1949. For Ceylon : G. C. S. Corea. March 23rd, 1949 For China: V. K. Wellington Koo. • March 23rd, 1949. For Colombia : E. Gallego. March 23rd, 1949. For Cuba : R. Sarabasa. March 23rd, 1949. For Denmark : A. F. Knudsen. March 23rd, 1949.