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Defense: North Atlantic Treaty: Accession of the Czech Republic

Protocol signed at Brussels December 16, 1997; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate February 11, 1998 (Treaty Doc. 105-36, 105th Congress, 2d Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations March 3, 1998 (Senate Executive Report No. 105-14, 105th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate April 30, 1998; ratified by the President May 21, 1998; Ratification of the United States of America deposited August 20, 1998;  entered into force December 4, 1998.

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U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future