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Defense: North Atlantic Treaty: Accession of North Macedonia

Protocol done at Brussels February 6, 2019; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate April 29, 2019 (Treaty Doc. 116-1, 116th Congress, 1st Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations September 18, 2019 (Senate Executive Report No. 116-5, 116th Congress, 1st Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate October 22, 2019; Ratified by the President November 26, 2019; Instrument of ratification of the United States of America deposited November 29, 2019;  entered into force for the United States March 19, 2020.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future