treaties: 104-34

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

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104-34 104 34 CONSTITUTION AND CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION International Law and Organization 1996-09-13T00:00:00Z     104-34, CONVENTION OF ITU, INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION, INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, T.DOC. 104-34, TELECOMMUNICATION, TELECOMMUNICATION UNION <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"><head><meta name="dc:title" content="[104] TreatyRes. 34 for Treaty Doc.104 - 34" /><meta name="Content-Type" content="application/rtf" /><title>[104] TreatyRes. 34 for Treaty Doc.104 - 34</title></head><body><p>TEXT OF RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION AS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with Annexes, signed at Geneva on December 22, 1992, and Amendments to the Constitution and Convention, signed at Kyoto on October 14, 1994, together with Declarations and Reservations by the United States contained in the Final Acts (Treaty Doc. 104-34), subject to declarations and reservations Nos. 68, 73 and 82 of the 1992 Final Acts; declarations and reservations Nos. 84, 92, 97, and 98 of the 994 Final Acts; andthe understandings of subsection (a), the declarations of subsection (b), and the proviso of subsection (c). (a) UNDERSTANDINGS.-- The Senate's advice and consent is subject to the following two understandings, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification, and shall be binding on the President: (1)BROADCASTS TO CUBA.-- The United States of America, noting the Statement (No.40) entered by the delegation of Cuba during the Plenipotentiary Conference of of the International Telecommunication Union, in Kyoto Japan, affirms its rights to broadcast to Cuba on appropriate frequencies free of jamming or other wrongful interference and reserves its rights to address existing interference and any future interference, by Cuba with United States broadcasting. Furthermore, the United States of America notes that its presence in Guantanamo is by virtue of an international agreement presently in force; the United States of America reserves the right to meet its radio communication requirements there as heretofore. (2) GEOSTATIONARY-SATELLITE ORBITS.-- The United States understands that the reference in Article 44 of the Constitution to the "geographical situation of particular countries" does not imply a recognition of claim to any preferential rights to the geostationary-satellite orbit. (b) DECLARATIONS.-- The Senate's advice and consent is subject to the following two declarations, which shall be binding on the President: (1) ASSESSED PAYMENTS TO THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION.-- Payments by the United States to the International Telecommunication Union shall be limited to assessed contributions, appropriated by Congress. This provision does not apply to United States payments voluntarily made for a specific purpose other than the payment of assessed contributions. The United States shall seek to amend Article 33(3) of the ITU Convention to eliminate the ITU's authority to impose interest payments on ITU members. (2)TREATY INTERPRETATION.--The Senate affirms the applicability to all treaties of the constitutionally based principles of treaty interpretation set forth in Condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988, and Condition (8) of the resolution of ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997. (c) PROVISO.-- The Senate's resolution of ratification is subject to the following proviso, which shall be binding on the President: (1)SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION.--Nothing in the Treaty requires or authorizes legislation or other action by the United States of America that is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the UnitedStates.</p></body></html>

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