Text: Presidential Determination on Major Drug Producers

(Certification not granted to Afghanistan, Burma) (440)

President Clinton has certified that 20 of 26 major drug producing or
transit countries or jurisdictions are cooperating fully in
international anti-narcotics efforts.

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

Following is the text of the Presidential Determination:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington

February 29, 2000

Presidential Determination
No. 2000-16

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on 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 (and certain
jurisdictions) 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, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Pakistan,
Panama, 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 major illicit drug transit countries:

Cambodia, Haiti, Nigeria, and Paraguay.

I have determined that the following major illicit drug producing
and/or major illicit drug transit countries not meet the standards set
forth in section 490(b) for certification:

Afghanistan, 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 2000. Analysis
of the relevant U.S. vital national interests, as required under
section 490(b)(3) of the Act in the case of the countries certified on
this basis, is attached. Given that the performance of all of these
countries/jurisdictions has differed, I have also attached an
explanatory statement for each of the other countries/jurisdictions
subject to this determination.

You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this determination
in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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