PANAMA
Panama Canal Treaty
Signed at Washington September 7, 1977; Transmitted by the President of the United States of America
to the Senate September 16, 1977 (S. Ex. N, 95th Cong., Ist
Sess.);
Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations February 3, 1978 (S. Ex. Rept. No. 95-12, 95th Cong.,
2d Sess.);
Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate April 18, 1978
subject to reservations and understandings;
Ratified by the President June 15, 1978 subject to said reservations and understandings;
Ratified. by Panama June 16, 1978; Ratifications exchanged with protocol [1] signed at Panama June 16,
1978; effective April 1, 1979;
Proclaimed by the President September 24, 1979; Entered into force October 1, 1979; With agreed minute and related letter.
For protocol, see TIAS 10029.

TIAS 10030