41.   However, just ratifying the convention may take that long.

42.   Only the United States and Somalia, among all United Nations members, have not ratified a convention outlawing such executions, the report says.

43.   The convention has been ratified by every country except Somalia and the United States.

44.   The United States ratified the convention in April.

45.   The United States never ratified the convention.

46.   The U.S. ratified the convention in April shortly before it took effect.

47.   The United States has signed but not ratified the convention.

48.   These are its members who each year ratify its conventions and send representatives to Geneva to attend its summer conferences.

49.   When the convention is ratified, Europol will be given responsibility for the whole range of criminal activity.

50.   Yeltsin also told Boutros-Ghali that he intends to ratify the convention banning chemical weapons but gave no timetable.