treaties: 110-6
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| id | congress | number | title | topic | transmitted_date | in_force_date | countries | index_terms | resolution_text |
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| 110-6 | 110 | 6 | Amendment to Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material | Terrorism | 2007-09-04T00:00:00Z | 110-6, amendment, nuclear material, protection, td110-6 | <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"><head><meta name="dc:title" content="[110] TreatyRes. 24 for Treaty Doc.110 - 6" /><meta name="Content-Type" content="application/rtf" /><title>[110] TreatyRes. 24 for Treaty Doc.110 - 6</title></head><body><p><b>As approved:</b></p><p><b>Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein),</b></p><p></p><p><b>SECTION 1. SENATE ADVICE AND CONSENT SUBJECT TO A RESERVATION, UNDERSTANDINGS, AND A DECLARATION.</b></p><p></p><p><b>The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, adopted on July 8, 2005 (the ``Amendment'') (Treaty Doc. 110-6), subject to the reservation of section 2, the understandings of section 3, and the declaration of section 4.</b></p><p></p><p><b>SECTION 2. RESERVATION</b></p><p></p><p><b>The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following reservation, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification:</b></p><p></p><p><b>Consistent with Article 17(3) of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, the United States of America declares that it does not consider itself bound by Article 17(2) of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material with respect to disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Amendment.</b></p><p></p><p><b>SECTION 3. UNDERSTANDINGS</b></p><p></p><p><b>The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following understandings, which shall be included in the instrument of ratification:</b></p><p></p><p><b>(1) The United States of America understands that the term ``armed conflict'' in Paragraph 5 of the Amendment (Article 2 of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, as amended) does not include internal disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence, and other acts of a similar nature.</b></p><p></p><p><b>(2) The United States of America understands that the term ``international humanitarian law'' in Paragraph 5 of the Amendment (Article 2 of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, as amended) has the same substantive meaning as the law of war.</b></p><p></p><p><b>(3) The United States of America understands that, pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Amendment (Article 2 of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, as amended), the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, as amended, will not apply to: (a) the military forces of a State, which are the armed forces of a State organized, trained, and equipped under its internal law for the primary purpose of national defense or security, in the exercise of their official duties; (b) civilians who direct or organize the official activities of military forces of a State; or (c) civilians acting in support of the official activities of the military forces of a State, if the civilians are under the formal command, control, and responsibility of those forces.</b></p><p></p><p><b>SECTION 4. DECLARATION</b></p><p></p><p><b>The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following declaration:</b></p><p></p><p><b>With the exception of the provisions that obligate the United States to criminalize certain offenses, make those offenses punishable by appropriate penalties, and authorize the assertion of jurisdiction over such offenses, this Amendment is self-executing. Included among the self-executing provisions are those provisions obligating the United States to treat certain offenses as extraditable offenses for purposes of bilateral extradition treaties. This Amendment does not confer private rights enforceable in United States courts.</b></p><p></p><p></p></body></html> |
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