THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release January 18, 2001
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
January 17, 2001
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
In accordance with the resolution of advice and consent to ratification of
the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production,
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, adopted
by the Senate of the United States on April 24, 1997, I hereby certify in
connection with Condition (7)(C)(i), "Effectiveness of Australia Group,"
that:
Australia Group members continue to maintain an equally effective or
more comprehensive control over the export of toxic chemicals and
their precursors; dual-use processing equipment human, animal, and
plant pathogens and toxins with potential biological weapons
applications; and dual-use biological equipment, as that afforded by
the Australia Group as of April 25, 1997; and
The Australia Group remains a viable mechanism for limiting the spread
of chemical and biological weapons-related materials and technology,
and the effectiveness of the Australia Group has not been undermined
by changes in membership, lack of compliance with common export
controls and nonproliferation measures, or the weakening of common
controls and nonproliferation measures, in force as of April 25, 1997.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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