Monday, April 6, 2009

Treaty Transmittal: Annex VI to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

On Thursday, April 2nd, the President transmitted to the Senate, for its advice and consent to ratification, Annex VI on Liability Arising From Environmental Emergencies to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, adopted on June 14, 2005, at the twenty-eighth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden. The transmittal package (Treaty Doc. 111-2) is here. This if the first treaty transmitted by President Obama.