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Treaties Pending in the Senate (updated as of March 16, 2009)

The following treaties have been submitted to the Senate; these treaties have not received Senate advice and consent to ratification.

• International Labor Organization Convention No. 87 Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize, adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 31^st Session held at San Francisco, June 17 - July 10, 1948 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. S, 81^st Cong., 1^st Sess.); submitted to Senate August 27, 1949.
  
  
• International Labor Organization Convention No. 116 Concerning the Partial Revision of the conventions adopted by the General Conference of the International Labor Organization at its first 32 sessions for the purpose of standardizing the provisions regarding the preparation of reports by the governing body of the International Labor Office on the Working of Conventions, adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 45^th Session held at Geneva, June 26, 1961 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. C, 87^th Cong., 2^nd Sess.); submitted to Senate June 1, 1962.
  
  
• International Labor Organization Convention No. 122 Concerning Employment Policy, adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 48^th Session held at Geneva July 9, 1964 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. G, 89^th Cong., 2^nd Sess.); submitted to Senate June 2, 1966.
  
  
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, done at Vienna May 23, 1969, and signed by the United States on April 24, 1970 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. L, 92^nd Cong., 1^st Sess.); submitted to Senate November 22, 1971.
  
  
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, done at New York December 16, 1966, and signed by the United States on October 5, 1977 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. D, 95^th Cong., 2^nd Sess.); submitted to Senate February 23, 1978.
  
  
• American Convention on Human Rights, done at San Jose November 22, 1969, and signed by the United States on June 1, 1977 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. F, 95^th Cong., 2^nd Sess.); submitted to Senate February 23, 1978.
  
  
• Maritime Boundary Agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, signed at Washington December 16, 1977 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. H, 96^th Cong., 1^st Sess.); submitted to Senate January 23, 1979.
  
  
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, done at New York December 18, 1979, and signed by the United States on July 17, 1980 (Treaty Doc.: Ex. R, 96^th Cong., 2^nd Sess.); submitted to Senate November 12, 1980.
  
  
• Amendment to the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), done at Gaborone April 30, 1983 (Treaty Doc.: 98-10); submitted to Senate October 4, 1983.
  
  
• Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts, done at Geneva June 10, 1977, and signed by the United States December 12, 1977 (Treaty Doc.: 100-2); submitted to Senate January 29, 1987.
  
  
• Convention on Biological Diversity, done at Rio de Janeiro June 5, 1992, and signed by the United States at New York on June 4, 1993 (Treaty Doc.: 103-20); submitted to Senate November 20, 1993.
  
  
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay December 10, 1982 (the “Convention”) and Agreement relating to Implementation of Part XI of the Convention, done at New York July 28, 1994 (the “Agreement”); Agreement signed by the United States on July 29, 1994 (Treaty Doc.: 103-39); submitted to Senate October 7, 1994.
  
  
• Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, done at New York September 10, 1996, and signed by the United States on September 24, 1996 (Treaty Doc.: 105-28); submitted to Senate September 23, 1997.
  
  
• International Labor Organization Convention No. 111 Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 42^nd Session held at Geneva June 25, 1958 (Treaty Doc.: 105-45); submitted to Senate May 18, 1998.
  
  
• Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and other Related Materials, done at Washington November 13, 1997, and signed by the United States on November 14, 1997 (Treaty Doc.: 105-49); submitted to Senate June 9, 1998.
  
  
• Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague May 14, 1954, (Treaty Doc.: 106-1); submitted to Senate January 6, 1999.
  
  
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, done at Rotterdam September 10, 1998, and signed by the United States on September 11, 1998 (Treaty Doc.: 106-21); submitted to Senate February 9, 2000.
  
  
• Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Nicaragua Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed at Denver July 1, 1995 (Treaty Doc.: 106-33); submitted to Senate June 26, 2000.
  
  
• Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, done at New York December 9, 1994, and signed by the United States on December 19, 1994 (Treaty Doc.: 107-1); submitted to Senate January 3, 2001.
  
  
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, done at Stockholm May 22, 2001, and signed by the United States on May 23, 2001 (Treaty Doc.: 107-5); submitted to Senate May 7, 2002.
  
  
• 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972, done at London November 7, 1996, and signed by the United States March 31, 1998 (Treaty Doc. 110-5); submitted to Senate September 4, 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 June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-7); submitted to Senate September 20, 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); submitted to Senate December 3, 2007.
  
  
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States November 1, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 110-19); submitted to Senate July 7, 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. 110-20)
  
  
• Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, done at The Hague November 23, 2007, and signed by the United States on that date (Treaty Doc. 110-21); submitted to Senate September 8, 2008.
  
  
• Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, with annexes, done at Canberra June 19, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 110-22); submitted to Senate September 26, 2008.
  
  
• Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at Valletta (Treaty Doc. 111-1); received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations by unanimous consent removing the injunction of secrecy. 

• Annex VI on Liability Arising From Environmental Emergencies to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Annex VI), adopted on June 14, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 111-2); received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations by unanimous consent removing the injunction of secrecy.