Wednesday, May 7, 2008

SFRC: Hearing on Treaties Concerning Counterterrorism

Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the following treaties:
  • the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, signed by the United States on September 14, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 110-4);
  • the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, adopted on July 8, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 110-6);
  • the Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, signed by the United States on February 17, 2006 (Treaty Doc. 110-8); and
  • the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, signed by the United States on February 17, 2006 (Treaty Doc. 110-8).

Witnesses included: John Demers (Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice); Patricia McNerney (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State); and Richard Douglas (Deputy Assistant Secretary, Counter-Narcotics, Counter-Proliferation and Global Threats, Department of Defense). Links are to the witnesses' written statements.