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