TREATIES
HEARING
before the
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Webb
Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
Treaties: |
1. The International Convention for the Suppression
of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, signed by the
United States on September 14, 2005
(Treaty Doc. 110-4) |
2. The Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, adopted on
July 8, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 110-6). |
3. The Protocol of 2005 to the Convention
for theSuppression of Unlawful Acts against the
Safety of Maritime Navigation, signed by the
United States on February 17, 2006
(Treaty Doc. 110-8). |
4. 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: |
Mr. John Demers
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
National Security Division
Department of Justice
Washington, DC |
Ms. Patricia McNerney
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
International Security and Nonproliferation
Department of State
Washington, DC |
Mr. Richard Douglas
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Counter-Narcotics,
Counter-Proliferation and Global Threats
Department of Defense
Washington, DC |
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