[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 122 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9352-S9353]
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      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 105-26

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following 
treaty transmitted to the Senate on September 15, 1997, by the 
President of the United States:
  Protocol with Mexico Amending Convention for Protection of Migratory 
Birds (Treaty Document No. 105-26).
  I further ask that the treaty be considered as having been read the 
first time; that it be referred, with accompanying papers, to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and that the 
President's messages be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The message of the President is as follows:

To the Senate of the United States:
  With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol

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Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the United Mexican States Amending the Convention for the 
Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Mammals, signed at Mexico City 
on May 5, 1997 (``the Mexico Protocol''). I transmit also, for the 
information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with 
respect to the Mexico Protocol.
  In concert with a similar Protocol between the Government of the 
United States and Canada, the Mexico Protocol represents a considerable 
achievement for the United States in conserving migratory birds and 
balancing the interests of conservationists, sports hunters, and 
indigenous people. The Protocol should further enhance the management 
of and protection of this important resource for the benefit of all 
users.
  The Mexico Protocol is particularly important because it will permit 
the full implementation of the Protocol Amending the 1916 Convention 
for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada and the United States 
(``the Canada Protocol'') that is pending before the Senate at this 
time. The Canada Protocol is an important agreement that addresses the 
management of a spring/summer subsistence hunt of waterfowl in 
communities in Alaska and northern Canada. The Mexico Protocol conforms 
the Canadian and Mexican migratory bird conventions in a manner that 
will permit a legal and regulated spring/summer subsistence hunt in 
Canada and the United States.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the Protocol and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 15, 1997.

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