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Convention done at Tokyo February 24, 2012; signed by the United States May 2, 2012; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate April 22, 2013 (Treaty Doc . 113-2, 113th Congress, 1st Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations March 11, 2014 (Senate Executive Report No. 113-3, 113th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate April 3, 2014; ratified by the President January 13, 2017; instrument of ratification deposited with the Republic of Korea January 19, 2017; entered into force February 18, 2017.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future