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Law Enforcement: Corruption

United Nations Convention signed at Merida December 9, 2003; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate October 27, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 109-6, 109th Congress, 1st Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations August 1, 2006 (Senate Executive Report No. 109-18, 109th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate September 15, 2006; ratified by the President October 12, 2006; Instrument of Ratification deposited October 30, 2006; entered into force November 29, 2006.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future