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Pollution: Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships

Convention on the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships, 2001; done at London October 5, 2001; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate January 22, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-13, 110th Congress, 2d Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 29, 2008 (Senate Executive Report No. 110-19, 110th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate September 26, 2008; ratified by the President August 3, 2012; Ratification of the United States of America deposited August 21, 2012; entered into force November 21, 2012.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future