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Article XX of the Agreement provides that the Agreement shall come into force on its approval by the General Assembly of the United Nations and by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The Agreement accordingly came into force on 14 December 1946.

A copy of the authentic text of the Agreement is attached hereto.

In faith whereof we have appended our signatures, this third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, to two original copies of the present Protocol, the text of which consists of versions in the English and French languages which are equally authentic. One of the original copies will be filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations and the other will be deposited in the archives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that specialized agencies, established by inter-governmental agreement and having wide international responsibilities as defined in their basic instruments in economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related fields shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations.

Article XIII of the Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations provides that the Organization shall constitute a part of any general international organization to which may be entrusted the co-ordination of the activities of international organizations with specialized responsibilities.

Therefore, the United Nations and the Organization agree as follows:
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