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Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2008
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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Report and Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels,
September 26, 2008
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to accession, I transmit herewith the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, with Annexes. In addition, I transmit for the information of the Senate the report of the Department of State, which includes a detailed analysis of the Agreement.
The Agreement, done at Canberra on June 19, 2001, and that entered into force on February 1, 2004, was adopted pursuant to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (the "Convention"), done at Bonn on June 23, 1979. Although the United States is not a Party to the Convention, the United States may nonetheless become a Party to the Agreement. The Agreement’s objective is to achieve and maintain a favorable conservation status for albatrosses and petrels.
I believe the Agreement to be fully in the U.S. interest. Its provisions advance the U.S. goals of protecting albatrosses and petrels. As the Department of State’s analysis explains, the Agreement is not self-executing and thus does not by itself give rise to domestically enforceable Federal law. Implementing legislation would be required, which will be submitted separately to the Congress for its consideration.
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Agreement and give its advice and consent to accession.
George W. Bush
The White House,
September 26, 2008.
Note: This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.
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Chicago: George W. Bush, "Message to the Senate Transmitting a Report and Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, September 26, 2008," Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2008 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1273-1274 Original Sources, accessed April 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=RMWT6ZY42AHVJ9H.
MLA: Bush, George W. "Message to the Senate Transmitting a Report and Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, September 26, 2008." Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2008, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1273-1274, Original Sources. 19 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=RMWT6ZY42AHVJ9H.
Harvard: Bush, GW, 'Message to the Senate Transmitting a Report and Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, September 26, 2008' in Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2008. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1273-1274. Original Sources, retrieved 19 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=RMWT6ZY42AHVJ9H.
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