[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
[April 9, 1999]
[Page 534]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting a Certification Required by 
the Ratification Resolution of the Convention on Nuclear Safety
April 9, 1999

Dear __________:
    In accordance with Condition (1) of the resolution of advice and 
consent to ratification of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, adopted by 
the United States Senate on March 25, 1999, I hereby certify that the 
United States Government will not engage in any multilateral activity in 
the field of international nuclear regulation or nuclear safety that 
unnecessarily duplicates a multilateral activity undertaken pursuant to 
the Convention.
        Sincerely,

                                                      William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Jesse Helms, chairman, and Joseph 
R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; 
Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, and Sam Gejdenson, ranking member, House 
Committee on International Relations.