[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 110 (Friday, June 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 32381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12722]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6250]


Certification Related to Guatemalan Armed Forces Under Section 
672 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Div. J, Pub. L. 110-161)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Deputy Secretary of 
State, including under Section 672 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Div. J, Pub. 
L. 110-161) (``the Act'') and Delegation of Authority No. 245, I hereby 
certify that:
    (A) The Guatemalan Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers are 
respecting human rights;
    (B) the Guatemalan Air Force, Navy, and Army Corps of Engineers are 
cooperating with civilian judicial investigations and prosecutions of 
current and retired military personnel who have been credibly alleged 
to have committed violations of human rights; and
    (C) the Guatemalan Armed Forces are fully cooperating (including 
access for investigators, the provision of documents and other 
evidence, and testimony of witnesses) with the Commission Against 
Impunity in Guatemala.
    This Certification shall be published in the Federal Register and 
copies shall be transmitted to the appropriate committees of Congress.

    Dated: May 22, 2008.
John D. Negroponte,
Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-12722 Filed 6-5-08; 8:45 am]
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