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ARTICLE XX Interim Provisions 64. Preliminary arrangements for the establishment of the Commission shall be undertaken jointly by the Governments of Australia and New Zealand. ARTICLE XXI Entry into Force 65. The Governments of Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America shall become parties to this Agreement by : (a) Signature without reservation, or (b) Signature ad referendum and subsequent acceptance. Acceptance shall be effected by notification to the Government of Australia. The Agreement shall enter into force when all the abovementioned Governments have become parties to it. 66. The Government of Australia shall notify the other abovementioned Governments of each acceptance of this Agreement, and also of the date on which the Agreement comes into force. 67. The Government of Australia shall on behalf of all the participating Governments register this Agreement with the Secretariat of the United Nations in pursuance of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. This Agreement, of which the English, French, and Netherlands texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Government in Australia. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by the Government of Australia to the other participating Governments. In witness whereof the duly authorized representatives of the respective participating Governments have signed this Agreement. Opened in Canberra for signature on the sixth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and forty seven. For the Government of Australia (ad referendum) — (Sgd.) H. V. Evatt. (Sgd.) E. J. Ward. For the Government of the French Republic (ad referendum) — (Sgd.) Auge. For the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (ad referendum) — (Sgd.) Van Aerssen Beyeren. (Sgd.) R. WIDJOJOADMODJO. For the Government of New Zealand (ad referendum) — (Sdg.) W. Nash. (Sgd.) A. G. Osborne. For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ad referendum) — (Sgd.) Ivor Thomas. (Sgd.) E. J. Williams. For the Government of the United States of America (ad referendum) — (Sgd.) Robert Butler.