Maritime Matters:  Suppression of Unlawful Acts

Convention with related protocol adopted at Rome on March 10, 1988; Signed by the United States on March 10, 1988; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate January 3, 1989 (Treaty Doc. 101-1,  101st Congress, 1st Session); Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations November 17, 1989 (Senate Executive Report No. 101-18, 101st Congress, 1st Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate November 22, 1989; Ratified by the President November 21, 1994; Instrument of Ratification of the United States of America deposited December 6, 1994; entered into force for the United States March 6, 1995.  With related documents.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future