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USIA - Text: Clinton Memo on Drug War Certification, 97-02-28

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TEXT: CLINTON MEMO ON DRUG WAR CERTIFICATION

(Certification granted Mexico, denied Columbia) (440)

Washington -- President Clinton has decided to certify Mexico as one of the countries "which have cooperated fully with the United States, or taken adequate steps on their own," in the fight against international narcotics trafficking.

In his February 28 determination, however, he denied certification to Colombia and five other countries. He decided that "it is in the vital national interest of the United States" to certify three "major illicit drug producing and/or transit countries" -- Belize, Lebanon and Pakistan.

Following is the text of the President's February 28 memorandum to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright containing his findings:

(begin text)

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

February 28, 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Certification for Major Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 490(b)(1)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, ("the Act"), I hereby determine and certify that the following major drug producing and/or major drug transit countries/dependent territories have cooperated fully with the United States, or taken adequate steps on their own, to achieve full compliance with the goals and objectives of the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances:

Aruba, The Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 490(b)(1)(B) of the Act, I hereby determine that it is in the vital national interests of the United States to certify the following major illicit drug producing and/or transit countries:

Belize, Lebanon, and Pakistan.

Analysis of the relevant U.S. vital national interests, as required under section 490(b)(3) of the Act, is attached. I have determined that the following major illicit drug producing and/or major transit countries do not meet the standards set forth in section 490(b) for certification:

Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, Iran, Nigeria, and Syria.

In making these determinations, I have considered the factors set forth in section 490 of the Act, based on the information contained in the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of 1997. Because the performance of each of these countries/dependent territories has differed. I have attached an explanatory statement for each of the countries/dependent territories subject to this determination.

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress immediately and to publish it in the Federal Register.

(signed) William J. Clinton

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