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Amending treaty signed December 10, 1998 (13010 [2 MB]). Signed at The Hague September 30, 2004; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate September 28, 2006 (Treaty Doc. 109-13, 109th Congress, 2d Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 29, 2008 (Senate Executive Report No. 110-13, 110th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate September 23, 2008; ratified by the President December 11, 2008; Exchange of Diplomatic Notes at Paris and Washington April 3, 2006 and May 13, 2009; entered into force February 1, 2010.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future