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“REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 106-32” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S5710 on June 22, 2000.
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REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 106-32
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following amendment transmitted to the Senate on June 22, 2000, by the President of the United States:
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol (``Beijing Amendment'') (Treaty Document No. 106-32);
I further ask unanimous consent that the amendment 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 the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal Protocol''), adopted at Beijing on December 3, 1999, by the Eleventh Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the ``Beijing Amendment''). The report of the Department of State is also enclosed for the information of the Senate.
The principal features of the Beijing Amendment, which was negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program, are the addition of trade controls on hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), the addition of production controls of HCFCs, the addition of bromochloromethane to the substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol, and the addition of mandatory reporting requirements on the use of methyl bromide for quarantine and preshipment purposes. The Beijing Amendment will constitute a major step forward in protecting public health and the environment from potential adverse effects of stratospheric ozone depletion.
By its terms, the Beijing Amendment will enter into force on January 1, 2001, provided that at least 20 parties have indicated their consent to be bound. The Beijing Amendment provides that no State may become a party unless it previously has become (or simultaneously becomes) a party to the 1997 Montreal Amendment. The Montreal Amendment is currently before the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification
(Senate Treaty Doc. No. 106-10).
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Beijing Amendment and give its advice and consent to ratification, at the same time as it gives its advice and consent to ratification of the Montreal Amendment.
William J. Clinton. The White House, June 22, 2000.
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