Key Vote 90th Congress > Senate > Vote 50

Date: 1967-03-16

Result: 66-28

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Foreign Policy Resolutions

Description: TO RATIFY EXEC. D, A CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH THE SOVIET UNION WHICH REGULATES THE CONSULAR AFFAIRS OF EACH COUNTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF THE OTHER, AND THE TREATMENT TO BE ACCORDED TO CONSULAR OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. IT PROVIDES THAT WHEN A NATIONAL OF A "SENDING" COUNTRY IS ARRESTED IN A "RECEIVING" COUNTRY, COUNSULAR OFFICERS OF THE "SENDING" COUNTRY MUST BE NOTIFIED WITHIN 1-3 DAYS, AND CERTAIN VISITING PRIVILEGES MUST BE ALLOWED. FURTHER, COUSULAR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE "SENDING" STATE WILL BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF THE "RECEIVING" STATE.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 113-43, p. S3930;

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