Resolution of advice and consent, Treaty Doc. 99-11

TEXT OF RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND AS ADOPTED BY THE SENATE: Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, adopted on October 24, 1980, at the 14th Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and signed on behalf of the United States on December 23, 1981, subject to the following two reservations: (1) Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 24, and Article 42, the United States makes the following reservation: All applications, communications and other documents sent to the U. S. Central Authority should be accompanied by their translation into English. (2) Pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 26, the United States declares that it will not be bound to assume any costs or expenses resulting from the participation of legal counsel or advisers or from court and legal proceedings in connection with efforts to return children from the United States pursuant to the Convention except insofar as those costs or expenses are covered by a legal aid program. (Vote No. 344 Ex.)