The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, has the honor to notify him that the Government of the Holy See deposited, on January 20, 1975, its instrument of ratification of the said Convention.
The Holy See has fulfilled the conditions set forth in Article 14(2) of the Convention by concurrently ratifying the Stockholm Act (1967) of the Paris Convention and the Paris Act (1971) of the Berne Convention as provided for in Article 29bis of that Act.
Pursuant to Article 15(2), the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization will enter into force, with respect to the Holy See, three months after the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification, that is, on April 20, 1975.
January 24, 1975