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IN THE BREEZEWAYS

The CBD is currently before the US Senate. The Committee on Foreign Relations, a sub-committee of the Senate, is scheduled to address it by the end of next week. It is believed that the sub-committee is likely to approve it, and send it to the floor of the full Senate within weeks, where it will achieve the two-thirds majority vote. Thus, there is good chance that the US will ratify the Convention by the August 30 deadline to assure its presence at the first COP.