[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20058]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

  The following executive reports of committee were submitted:

Treaty Doc. 107-10, Agreement with Russian Federation concerning Polar 
                Bear Population (Exec. Rept. No. 108-7)

       Text of Committee Recommended Resolution of Ratification:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),


      section 1. senate advice and consent subject to a condition.

       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Agreement Between the Government of the United States of 
     America and the Government of the Russian Federation on the 
     Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear 
     Population, done at Washington October 16, 2000 (T. Doc. 107-
     10, in this resolution referred to as the ``Agreement''), 
     subject to the condition in section 2.


                           sec. 2. condition.

       The advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of 
     the Agreement is subject to the condition that the Secretary 
     of State shall promptly notify the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate in any instance that, pursuant to Article 3 of the 
     Agreement, the Contracting Parties modify the area to which 
     the Agreement applies. Any such notice shall include the text 
     of the modification and information regarding the reasons for 
     the modification.
                                  ____


  Treaty Doc. 108-1, Agreement Amending Treaty with Canada Concerning 
 Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges (Exec. Rept. 
                               No. 108-7)

       Text of Committee Recommended Resolution of Ratification:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advises and consents to the 
     ratification of the Agreement Amending the Treaty Between the 
     Government of the United States of America and the Government 
     of Canada on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port 
     Privileges, done at Washington May 26, 1981, and effected by 
     an exchange of diplomatic notes at Washington July 17, 2002, 
     and August 13, 2002 (T. Doc. 108-1).
                                  ____


  Treaty Doc. 108-2, Amendments to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries with 
             Pacific Island States. (Exec. Rept. No. 108-7)

       Text of Committee Recommended Resolution of Ratification:
       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),


     section 1. senate advice and consent subject to a declaration.

       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Amendments to the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries Between the 
     Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the United 
     States of America, which Annexes and Agreed Statements, done 
     at Port Moresby, April 2, 1987, done at Koror, Palau, March 
     30, 1999, and at Kiritimati, Kiribati March 24, 2002 (T. Doc. 
     108-2, in this resolution referred to as the ``Amendments''), 
     subject to the declaration in section 2.


                          sec. 2. declaration.

       The advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of 
     the Amendments is subject to the following declaration: The 
     advice and consent provide under section 1 is without 
     prejudice to any position the Senate may take with respect to 
     providing advice and consent to ratification of the 
     Convention for the Conservation and Management of Highly 
     Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific 
     Ocean, signed by the United States on September 9, 2000.
                                  ____


Treaty Doc. 106-45, Convention for International Carriage by Air (Exec. 
                            Rept. No. 108-8)

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein).


      section 1. senate advice and consent subject to reservation.

       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for 
     International Carriage by Air, done at Montreal May 28, 1999 
     (T. Doc. 106-45, in this resolution referred to as the 
     ``Convention''), subject to the reservation in section 2.


                          sec. 2. reservation.

       The advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of 
     the Convention is subject to the following reservation, which 
     shall be included in the instrument of ratification: Pursuant 
     to Article 57 of the Convention, the United States of America 
     declares that the Convention shall not apply to international 
     carriage by air performed and operated directly by the United 
     States of America for non-commercial purposes in respect to 
     the functions and duties of the United States of America as a 
     sovereign state.
                                  ____


Treaty Doc. 107-14, Protocol To Amend the Convention for Unification of 
 Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Exec. Rept. 
                               No. 108-8)

       Text of Committee Recommended Resolution of Ratification:
       Treaty of Committee Recommended Resolution of Ratification:
       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the 
     ratification of the Protocol to Amend the Convention for the 
     Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International 
     Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw on October 12, 1929, done 
     at The Hague on September 28, 1955 (T. Doc. 107-14).

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