Security Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America) Act 1952 (Cth)

Security Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America) Act 1952

No. 6 of 1952

An Act to approve the Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America

Contents 1 Short title 2 Approval of Security Treaty The Schedule—Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America

Security Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America) Act 1952

No. 6 of 1952

An Act to approve the Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America

[Assented to 13 March 1952]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Security Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America) Act 1952.

2 Approval of Security Treaty The Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America signed at San Francisco on the first day of September, One Thousand nine hundred and fifty-one (being the Treaty set out in the Schedule to this Act), is approved.

The Schedule—Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America Section 2

The Parties to this Treaty,

Reaffirming their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all Governments, and desiring to strengthen the fabric of peace in the Pacific Area,

Noting that the United States already has arrangements pursuant to which its armed forces are stationed in the Philippines, and has armed forces and administrative responsibilities in the Ryukyus, and upon the coming into force of the Japanese Peace Treaty may also station armed forces in and about Japan to assist in the preservation of peace and security in the Japan Area,

Recognizing that Australia and New Zealand as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations have military obligations outside as well as within the Pacific Area,