[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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   DELIMITATION OF A MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 
  UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NIUE--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 105-53

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 5, 
treaty with Niue; that the protocol be considered as having advanced 
through its parliamentary stages up to and including the presentation 
of the resolution of ratification; and that the Senate now vote on the 
resolution of ratification.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The treaty will be considered to have passed through its various 
parliamentary stages up to and including the presentation of the 
resolution of ratification.
  Mr. REID. I ask for a division vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A division has been requested.
  Senators in favor of the resolution of ratification will rise and 
stand until counted.
  (After a pause.) Those opposed will rise and stand until counted.
  On a division, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the 
affirmative, the resolution of ratification, with its reservation, was 
agreed to, as follows:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       That the Senate advise and concent to the ratification of 
     the Treaty Between the Government of the United States of 
     America and the Government of Niue on the Delimitation of a 
     Maritime Boundary, signed in Wellington on May 13, 1997 
     (Treaty Doc. 105-53).
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, I say to my 
good friend that it is a unanimous vote in the Senate on this treaty.
  Mr. REID. One of the few we have had lately.
  I ask unanimous consent that any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, as I indicated earlier, when we read off all 
the bills that have passed, we have a large number of nominations. 
These have been cleared, and everyone is grateful. I am sure the people 
who are being approved are even more so. This is something I wish we 
could have done earlier, but things did not work out that way.

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