How the Convention on Biodiversity was defeated © Copyright Sovereignty International, Inc., 1998 On June 29, 1994, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Treaty) by a vote of 16 to 3. Only Senators Helms, Pressler, and Coverdell voted no. Three months later, on September 30, Senate … Continue reading UN Biodiversity Treaty and The Wildlands Project