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Inter-American Convention signed at Bridgetown on June 3, 2002; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate November 12, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-18, 107th Congress, 2d Session); Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 26, 2005 (Senate Executive Report No. 109-3, 109th Congress, 1st Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate October 7, 2005; Ratified by the President November 2, 2005; Instrument of Ratification deposited with the Organization of American States General Secretariat November 15, 2005; entered into force December 15, 2005.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future