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[Federal Register: December 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 241)]
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                        Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Memorandum of December 7, 2001


                Certification Related to Northern Ireland Under
                Section 405 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg
                Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
                Years 2000 and 2001

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Pursuant to section 405 of the Admiral James W. Nance
                and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
                Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, as enacted in Public Law
                106-113, I hereby certify that: (i) training or
                exchange programs conducted by the Federal Bureau of
                Investigation or other Federal law enforcement agencies
                for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) or
                PSNI members are necessary to improve the
                professionalism of policing in Northern Ireland and
                advance the peace process in Northern Ireland; (ii)
                such programs will include in the curriculum a
                significant human rights component; (iii) vetting
                procedures have been established in the Departments of
                State and Justice, and any other appropriate Federal
                agency, to ensure that training or exchange programs do
                not include PSNI members who there are substantial
                grounds for believing have committed or condoned
                violations of internationally recognized human rights,
                including any role in the murder of Patrick Finucane or
                Rosemary Nelson or other violence or serious threat of
                violence against defense attorneys in Northern Ireland;
                and (iv) the Governments of the United Kingdom and
                Republic of Ireland are committed to assisting in the
                full implementation of the recommendations contained in
                the Patten Commission report issued September 9, 1999.

                You are authorized and directed to transmit this
                certification to the appropriate congressional
                committees and to publish it in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, December 7, 2001.

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