[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 2, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S2154]
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        REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT 106-2

  Mr. ALLARD. 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 March 2, 1999, by the President of 
the United States:
  The Extradition Treaty Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Korea (Treaty Document 
106-2).
  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 message be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 Extradition Treaty Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Korea, signed at Washington on June 9, 1998 (hereinafter 
the ``Treaty'').
  In addition, I transmit for the information of the Senate, the report 
of the Department of State with respect to the Treaty. The Treaty will 
not require implementing legislation.
  The Treaty will, upon entry into force, enhance cooperation between 
the law enforcement communities of the United States and Korea. It will 
provide, for the first time, a framework and basic protections for 
extraditions between Korea and the United States, thereby making a 
significant contribution to international law enforcement efforts.
  The provisions in this Treaty follow generally the form and content 
of extradition treaties recently concluded by the United States.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the Treaty and give its advice and consent to ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, March 2, 1999.

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