[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 110-4

  Mr. BROWN. As in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the 
injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted 
to the Senate on July 12, 2007, by the President of the United States:
  International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism 
(Treaty Document No. 110-4).
  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:
  I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification the 
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear 
Terrorism (the ``Convention''), adopted by the United Nations General 
Assembly on April 13, 2005, and signed on behalf of the United States 
of America on September 14, 2005. As of July 3, 2007, 115 countries 
have signed the Convention and 23 have submitted their instruments of 
ratification or accession. The Convention entered into force on July 7, 
2007. I also transmit for the information of the Senate a report of the 
Department of State with respect to the Convention.
  The Convention imposes binding legal obligations upon States Parties 
either to submit for prosecution or to extradite any person within 
their jurisdiction who commits terrorist acts involving radioactive 
material or a nuclear device as set forth in Article 2 of the 
Convention, threatens or attempts to commit such an act, participates 
as an accomplice, organizes or directs others to commit such an 
offense, or in any other way contributes to the commission of such an 
offense by a group of persons acting with a common purpose, regardless 
of where the alleged act took place.
  States Parties to the Convention will also be obligated to provide 
one another legal assistance in investigations or criminal or 
extradition proceedings brought in respect to the offenses set forth in 
Article 2, in conformity with any treaties or other arrangements that 
may exist between them or in accordance with their national law. The 
recommended legislation necessary to implement the Convention will be 
submitted to the Congress separately.
  This Convention is important in the campaign against international 
terrorism. I recommend, therefore, that the Senate give early and 
favorable consideration to this Convention, subject to the 
understandings and reservation that are described in the accompanying 
State Department report.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, July 12, 2007.

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