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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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110TH CONGRESS ExEc. REPT.
2d Session SENATE 110-11
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST
DOPING IN SPORT
JUNE 27, 2008.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BIDEN, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany Treaty Doc. 110-14; EC 6772]
The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the
International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted on Oc-
tober 19, 2005 (the Convention) (Treaty Doc. 110-14; EC 6772),
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with one un-
derstanding, one declaration, and one condition as indicated in the
resolution of advice and consent, and recommends that the Senate
give its advice and consent to ratification thereof, as set forth in
this report and the accompanying resolution of advice and consent.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 1
II. B ackground .................................................................................................... 2
III. Sum m ary of Convention ................................................................................ 3
IV . E ntry Into Force ............................................................................................ 11
V. Im plem enting Legislation ............................................................................. 11
V I. Com m ittee A ction .......................................................................................... 11
VII. Committee Recommendation and Comments .............................................. 11
VIII. Text of Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification .......................... 13
IX. Annex I.-2008 Prohibited List and Annex I to the Convention (EC
6772) ........................................................................................................... . 15
X. Annex II.-Transcript of May 22, 2008 Hearing ......................................... 25
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of the Convention, as provided for in Article 1, is to
promote the prevention of and the fight against doping in sport,
with a view to its elimination. The Convention seeks to achieve
this purpose by enhancing international cooperation in the fight
against doping in sport and by building on the international com-
munity's efforts to develop common standards for equitable doping
control and enforcement. The Convention will help to protect the
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