SFRC: Treaties Favorably Reported

Yesterday, at its business meeting, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ordered favorably reported the following treaties:

• Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed To Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects (Treaty Doc. 109-10);
• Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed To Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects (Treaty Doc. 109-10);
• Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Treaty Doc. 106-1);
• Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III) Additional to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed To Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects (Treaty Doc. 105-1);
• Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) Additional to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed To Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects (Treaty Doc. 105-1);
• The International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (Treaty Doc. 110-4);
• The Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (Treaty Doc. 110-6);
• The Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (Treaty Doc. 110-8);
• The Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (Treaty Doc. 110-8);
• Agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union, together with 22 bilateral instruments that subsequently were signed between the United States and EU Member States in order to implement the Agreement (Treaty Doc. 109-14);
• Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Latvia (Treaty Doc. 109-15);
• Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Estonia (Treaty Doc. 109-16);
• Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and Malta (Treaty Doc. 109-17);
• Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and Romania (Treaty Doc. 110-11);
• Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (Treaty Doc. 110-12);
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Sweden (Treaty Doc. 107-12);
• Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union, together with 25 bilateral instruments that subsequently were signed between the United States and each EU Member State in order to implement the Agreement (Treaty Doc. 109-13);
• Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the United States of America and Malaysia (Treaty Doc. 109-22);
• Treaty between the United States of America and Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed on September 10, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-11);
• Agreement on Certain Aspects of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria, signed at Sofia September 19, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-12);
• 1995 Revision of the Radio Regulations, with appendices (Treaty Doc. 108-28);
• 1992 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations, with appendices (Treaty Doc. 107-17);
• International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships (Treaty Doc. 110-13);
• 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (Treaty Doc. 110-5);
• Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, with Annexes (Treaty Doc. 110-1);
• Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, as Amended by the Protocols done on June 14, 1983, March 28, 1984, March 17, 1995, and July 29, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 110-15);
• Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Iceland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, and accompanying Protocol (Treaty Doc. 110-17);
• Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, with accompanying Protocol (Treaty Doc. 110-18).