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Presidential statement to the Senate on the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents [Ford Speech or Statement]
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Digitized from Box 29 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the
Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith a certified copy
of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation
for Foreign Public Documents adopted at the Ninth Session
of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on
October 26, 1960. The Convention, which was opened for
signature on October 5, 1961, is presently in force in
twenty countries.
This is the third convention in the field of inter..
national civil procedure produced by the Hague Conference
on Private International Law to be sent to the Senate. It
complements the Conventions on the Service Abroad of Judicial
and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters
and on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil and Commercial
Matters which are already in force for the United States to
assist litigants and their lawyers in civil proceedings
abroad.
The provisions of the Convention contain short and
simple rules which will reduce costs and delays for litigants
in international cases. The provisions would eliminate un-
necessary authentication of documents without affecting the
integrity of such documents. They would also free judges
and other officials, who presently certify signatures, from
the time-consuming and unnecessary administrative process
presently required.
The Convention has been thoroughly studied by the bench
and bar of the United States. Its ratification is supported
by the Judicial Conference of the United States, by the
American Bar Association, and by other bar associations at
the state and local level.
I recommend that the Senate of the United States promptly
give its advice and consent to the ratification of this
Convention.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 19, 1976
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