BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
CONSIDERING THAT:
The Panama Canal Treaty was signed at Washington on September 7, 1977, the text of which is hereto annexed;
The Senate of the United States of America by its resolution of April 18, 1978, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, gave its advice and consent to ratification of the Treaty, subject to the following:
(a) RESERVATIONS:
(1) Pursuant to its adherence to the principle of nonintervention, any action taken by the United States of America
in the exercise of its rights to assure that the Panama Canal shall remain open, neutral, secure, and accessible, pursuant
to the provisions of the Panama Canal Treaty, the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and operation of the
Panama Canal, and the resolutions of ratification thereto,
shall be only for the purpose of assuring that the Canal
shall remain operi, neutral, secure, and accessible, and shall
not have as its purpose or be interpreted as a right of intervention in the internal affairs of the Republic of
Panama or interference with its political independence or
sovereign integrity.
(2) The instruments of ratification of the Panama Canal
Treaty to be exchanged by the United States of America and
the Republic of Panama shall each include provisions whereby each Party agrees to waive its rights and release the other Party from its obligations under paragraph 2 of Article XII
of the Treaty.

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