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Environment and Conservation:  Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Treaty adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations November 3, 2001; signed by the United States November 1, 2002; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate July 7, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-19, 110th Congress 2d Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations December 14, 2010 (Senate Executive Report No. 114-11, 114th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate September 28, 2016; ratified by the President December 2, 2016; instrument of ratification deposited at Rome December 13, 2016; entered into force March 13, 2017.

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U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future