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# 22 U.S.C. § 1650 - Appointments of representatives and panel members under Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes

## Text

The President may make such appointments of representatives and panel members as may be provided for under the convention.

(Pub. L. 89–532, § 2, Aug. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 344.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThe convention, referred to in text, is the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States which was signed on Aug. 27, 1965, approved by the Senate on May 16, 1966, and ratified by the President on June 1, 1966.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitlePub. L. 89–532, § 1, Aug. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 344, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Act of 1966’.”