[House Document 105-203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-203


 
     CERTIFICATION RELATING TO THE CONVENTION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  A REPORT 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




February 3, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, December 31, 1997.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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 
that:
    In connection with Condition (9), Protection of Advanced 
Biotechnology, the legitimate commercial activities and 
interests of chemical, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical firms 
in the United States are not being significantly harmed by the 
limitations of the Convention on access to, and production of, 
those chemicals and toxins listed in Schedule 1 of the Annex on 
Chemicals.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.

                                
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