[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19211]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE REPORT OF COMMITTEE

  The following executive report of committee was submitted:

       By Mr. LUGAR, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:

[Treaty Doc. 107-18  Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (Exec. 
                           Rept. No. 109-3)]

 Text of Resolution of Ratification as Recommended by the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to 
     Understanding.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (the 
     ``Convention''), adopted at the thirty-second regular session 
     of the General Assembly of the Organization of American 
     States meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, and signed by the 
     United States on June 3, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-18), subject 
     to the understanding in Section 2.
       Section 2. Understanding.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following understanding, which shall be 
     included in the United States instrument of ratification:
       The United States of America understands that the term 
     ``international humanitarian law'' in paragraph 2 of Article 
     15 of the Convention has the same substantive meaning as the 
     law of war.

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