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Treaties Recently Received: 110th Congress

 July 23, 2008 -- Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Croatia adopted at Brussels on July 9, 2008, and signed that day on behalf of the United States and the other Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty.  Treaty Doc. 110-20June 4, 2008 -- 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, signed at Washington on February 23, 2007 (the "Proposed Treaty"), as well as the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Governmentof 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, signed at Sofia on February 26, 2008. Treaty Doc. 110-18.

May 6, 2008 -- 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, signed at Washington October 23, 2007 Treaty Doc. 110-17

April 8, 2008 -- Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as Amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002), Together with the Declarations and Reservations by the United States, all as Contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006). Treaty Doc. 110-16

March 13, 2008 -- Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital done at Washington on September 26,
1980, as Amended by the Protocols done on June 14, 1983, March 28, 1984, March 17, 1995, and July 29, 1997, signed on September 21, 2007, at Chelsea (the "proposed Protocol"). Treaty Doc. 110-15

February 6, 2008 -- International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization on October 19, 2005. Treaty Doc.110-14 

January 22, 2008 -- International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (the "Convention"). Treaty Doc. 110-13

Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Extradition Treaty" or the "Treaty") and the 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 (the "MLA Agreement"), both signed at Sofia on September 19, 2007. Treaty Doc. 110-12
   
Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and Romania (the "Extradition Treaty" or the "Treaty") and the Protocol to the Treaty between the United States of America and Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (the "Protocol"), both signed at Bucharest on September 10, 2007. Treaty Doc. 110-11

December 3, 2007 -- Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney, September 5,
2007. Treaty Doc. 110-10

October 23, 2007 -- Protocol of Amendments to the Convention on the International Hydrographic
Organization done at Monaco on April 14, 2005. Treaty Doc. 110-9

October 1, 2007 --
Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (the "2005 SUA Protocol") 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 (the "2005 Fixed Platforms Protocol") (together, "the Protocols"), adopted by the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference in London on October 14, 2005, and signed by the United States of America on February 17, 2006. Treaty Doc. 110-8

September 20, 2007 -- Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Defense
Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007. Treaty Doc. 110-7


September 4, 2007 --
Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (the "Amendment"). A conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, adopted on October 28, 1979, adopted the Amendment on July 8, 2005, at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. Treaty Doc. 110-6

1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the "London Convention"), done in London on November 7, 1996. The Protocol was signed by the United States on March 31, 2008, and entered into force on March 24, 2006. Treaty Doc. 110-5


July 12, 2007 -- International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of nuclear Terrorism, adopted by the UN General Assembly, April 13, 2005, and signed on behalf of the US on September 14, 2005. Treaty Doc. 110-4

June 21, 2007 -- Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and accompanying Protocol, signed on November 27, 2006, at Brussels (the "proposed Treaty"). Treaty Doc. 110-3

May 3, 2007
-- The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (the "Treaty" or "Singapore Treaty") adopted and signed by the United States at Singapore on March 28, 2006. Treaty Doc. 110-2.

February 16, 2007 -- The 1999 Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities to the Conventon for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, with Annexes, done at Oranjestad, Aruba, on October 6, 1999, and signed by the U.S. on that same date. Treaty Doc. 110-1.

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July 7, 2008 -- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on November 1, 2002.  Treaty Doc.  110-19


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