01 March 2001

Text: Presidential Determination on Major Drug Producers

President Bush has certified that 20 of 24 major drug-producing or -transit countries or jurisdictions are cooperating fully in international anti-narcotics efforts.

In his March 1 announcement, Bush also said he is certifying two countries -- Cambodia and Haiti -- because of "vital national interests of the United States," and is not certifying Afghanistan and Burma.

Following is the text of the Presidential Determination:

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

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, Peoples 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):

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 Bush

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