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107TH CONGRESS SEAT ExEc. RPT.
2d Session jSENATE 107-8
PROTOCOL CONCERNING SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS
AND WILDLIFE TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE PRO-
TECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE ENVI-
RONMENT OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION
SEPTEMBER 3, 2002.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BIDEN, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany Treaty Doe. 103-5]
The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the
Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife to the
Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine En-
vironment of the Wider Caribbean Region, done at Kingston on
January 18, 1990, including Annexes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon, with the reservations, an understanding,
and a declaration set forth in the resolution of advice and consent,
and recommends that the Senate give its advice and consent to the
ratification thereof as set forth in this report and the accompanying
resolution of advice and consent to ratification.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 1
II. B ackground ................................................................................................... 2
III. Entry Into Force and Termination ............................................................... 3
IV . Com m ittee A ction ......................................................................................... 3
V. Committee Comments; Discussion of Resolution of Advice and Consent
to R atification ............................................................................................ 4
VI. Resolution of Advice and Consent ............................................................... 5
I. PURPOSE
The Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife
to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Ma-
rine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (hereafter
SPAW Protocol or Protocol) is designed to protect threatened or
endangered species of plants and animals in the Caribbean region.
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