Resolution of advice and consent, Treaty Doc. 98-27

TEXT OF RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND AS ADOPTED BY THE SENATE WITH TWO RESERVATIONS: Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory, adopted at Panama City, Panama, on January 30, 1975, together with the Additional Protocol to the Convention, adopted at Montevideo, Uruguay, on May 8, 1979, and signed on behalf of the United States on April 15, 1980, subject to the following reservations: 1. Pursuant to Article 2(b) of the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory, letters rogatory that have as their purpose the taking of evidence shall be excluded from the rights, obligations and operation of this Convention between the United States and another State Party. 2. In ratifying the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory, the United States accepts entry into force and undertakes treaty relations only with respect to States which have ratified or acceded to the Additional Protocol as well as the Inter-American Convention, and not with respect to States which have ratified or acceded to the Inter-American Convention alone. (Vote No. 340 Ex.)