treaties: 102-7

Treaties submitted to the Senate (Congresses 89–119), with countries, index terms, and resolution text.

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102-7 102 7 CONVENTION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF FISHING WITH LONG DRIFTNETS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC Fisheries and Wildlife 1991-05-21T00:00:00Z   multilateral 102-7, DRIFTNETS, FISHING, LONG DRIFTNETS, SOUTH PACIFIC <p>TEXT OF RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION AS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS:<br>@Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), #That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific, done at Wellington on November 24, 1989, (the "Wellington Convention"), and Protocol I, done at Noumea on October 20, 1990, to the Wellington Convention, subject to the following understandings:<br> 1. that the United States signed the Convention in its own name and on its own behalf because a portion of its exclusive economic zone is located within the Convention Area. It is the United States understanding that upon becoming a party to the Convention the United States will be obligated to prohibit driftnet fishing in all areas of its exclusive economic zone within the Convention Area, and to prohibit all Unired States nationals and vessels documented under United States laws from fishing with driftnets in the Convention Area.<br> 2. that Article 3 provides for measures consistent with international law to restrict driftnet fishing activities by vessels within areas under a party's fisheries jurisdiction. It is the United States understanding that the measure in Article 3 will only be applied when consistent with navigation and other international transit rights under customary international law and as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.</p>

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