[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 9 (Monday, March 5, 2001)]
[Pages 384-385]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Certification for Major Illicit Drug Producing and Drug 
Transit Countries

March 1, 2001

 Presidential Determination No. 2001-12

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Certification for Major Illicit Drug Producing and Drug 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 illicit drug producing 
and/or major illicit drug transit countries have cooperated fully with 
the United States, or have 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 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic 
Substances:

     The Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, People's Republic of China, Colombia, 
      Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Laos, 
      Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, 
      Venezuela, and Vietnam

     By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 490(b)(1)(B) of 
the Act, I hereby determine and certify that, for the following major 
illicit drug producing and/or major illicit drug transit countries that 
do not qualify for certification under section 490(b)(1)(A), the vital 
national interests of the United States require that assistance not be 
withheld and that the United States not vote against multilateral 
development bank assistance:

     Cambodia and Haiti

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


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     Afghanistan and Burma

    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 2001. Given that 
the performance of each of these countries has differed, I have attached 
an explanatory statement for each of the countries 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.
                                                George W. Bush