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3. The US signed it.

Sat May 11, 2019, 04:08 PM

May 2019

The Senate advised and consented to it.

But it requires legislation for implementation, and there it apparently stalled.

Here's the 1994 official exchange about it:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1994-03-08/html/CREC-1994-03-08-pt1-PgE9.htm

That was over 25 years ago.

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