Multilateral (09-721.3) – Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) to the Convention on Prohibition or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons of October 10, 1980

Arms Control: Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V)

Protocol adopted at Geneva November 28, 2003;  transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate June 20, 2006 (Treaty Doc. 109-10C, 109th Congress, 2d Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 29, 2008 (Senate Executive Report No. 110-22, 110th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate September 23, 2008; ratified by the President December 23, 2008; Ratification of the United States of America deposited January 21, 2009; entered into force July 21, 2009.