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424 OF 1998
(January 13)
Official Journal No. 43,216 of 16 January 1998
By which the international agreements signed by Colombia are ordered to follow.
COLOMBIA CONGRESS
DECRETA:
ARTICLE 1o. The National Government through the Foreign Ministry will submit annually to the Senate and Chamber of Foreign Relations Committees, and within the first thirty days of the the legislative period beginning every July 20, a detailed report on how the existing International Conventions signed by Colombia with other States are being complied with and developed.
ARTICLE 2o. Each dependency of the national government responsible for implementing the International Treaties of its competence and requiring reciprocity in them, will transfer the relevant information to the Ministry of Foreign and East Relations, to the Second Commissions.
ARTICLE 3o. The full text of this law will be incorporated as an annex to each and every International Convention that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents to the Congress.
ARTICLE 4. This law governs from its enactment.
The President of the honorable Senate of the Republic,
AMYLKAR ACOSTA MEDINA
The Secretary General of the honorable Senate of the Republic,
PEDRO PUMAREJO VEGA
The President of the honorable House of Representatives,
CARLOS SQUIRLA BALLESTEROS
The Secretary General of the honorable House of Representatives,
DIEGO VIVAS TAFUR
COLOMBIA-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Publish and execute.
Dada en Santa Fe de Bogotá, D. C., on January 13, 1998.
ERNESTO SAMPER PIZANO
The Foreign Minister,
MARIA EMMA MEJIA VELEZ