[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
[Senate]
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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider executive calendar No. 21, two 
protocols amending the OAS charter; that the treaty be considered as 
having passed through its various parliamentary stages up to and 
including the presentation of the resolution of ratification; that no 
amendments, conditions, reservations, understandings, declarations or 
provisos be in order; that any statement be inserted in the 
Congressional Record as if read; that the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table; and that the President be notified of the Senate's 
action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The treaties will be considered to have passed through their various 
parliamentary stages up to and including the presentation of the 
resolution of ratification, which the clerk will state.
  The resolution of ratification was read as follows:

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the ``Protocol of Washington'' Adopted on 
     December 14, 1992, by the Sixteenth Special Session of the 
     General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) 
     and Signed by the United States on January 23, 1993, and the 
     ``Protocol of Managua'' Adopted by the Nineteenth Special 
     Session of the OAS General Assembly on June 10, 1993, and 
     Signed That Day by the United States.

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask for a division vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division has been requested.
  Senators in favor of the resolution of ratification of the treaty, 
please rise. [After a pause.] Those opposed will rise and stand until 
counted.
  With two-thirds of those present, having voted in the affirmative, 
the resolution of ratification is agreed to.

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