[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 34 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1687]
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      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 106-23

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of the distinguished majority 
leader, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the 
injunction of secrecy be removed from the following convention 
transmitted to the Senate on March 23, 2000, by the President of the 
United States: International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), Treaty 
Document No. 106-23.
  I further ask that the convention 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 
acceptance, I transmit herewith the revised International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC), adopted at the Conference of the Food and 
Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations at Rome on 
November 17, 1997. In accordance with Article XIII of the existing 
IPPC, the revised text will enter into force for all contracting 
parties 30 days after acceptance by two-thirds of the contracting 
parties.
  The revisions are designed to bring the IPPC into line with modern 
practices and concepts, and to establish new mechanisms to promote the 
development and adoption of international phytosanitary standards.
  It is my hope that the Senate will give prompt and favorable 
consideration to this Convention, and give its advice and consent to 
acceptance by the United States, subject to the two proposed 
understandings set forth in the accompanying report, at the earliest 
possible date.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, March 23, 2000.

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I may proceed 
in morning business for such time as I may require.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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