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Law Enforcement: Suppression of Terrorist Bombings

Convention adopted by the United Nations General Assembly December 15, 1997; signed by the United States January 12, 1998; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate September 8, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 106-6, 106th Congress, 1st Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations November 14, 2001 (Senate Executive Report No. 107-2, 107th Congress, 1st Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate December 5, 2001; Ratified by the President June 18, 2002; Ratification deposited June 26, 2002; entered into force for the United States July 26, 2002.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future