[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 64991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27065]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7660]


Certification Related to Guatemalan Armed Forces Under Section 
7045(D) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (Division F, Pub. L. 111-117), as 
Carried Forward by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 
(Division B, Pub. L. 112-10)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Deputy Secretary of 
State, including under Section 7045(d) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (Div. 
F, Pub. L. 111-117) (``the Act''), as carried forward by the Full-Year 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Div. B, Pub. L. 112-10), and 
Delegation of Authority No. 245-1, I hereby certify that:
    (A) The Guatemalan Air Force, Navy, and Army Corps of Engineers are 
respecting internationally recognized 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 such rights, including protecting and 
providing to the Attorney General's office all military archives 
pertaining to the internal armed conflict; and
    (C) The Guatemalan Air Force, Navy, and Army Corps of Engineers are 
cooperating with the International Commission Against Impunity in 
Guatemala (CICIG) by granting access to CICIG personnel, providing 
evidence to CICIG, and allowing witness testimony.
    This Certification shall be published in the Federal Register, and 
copies shall be transmitted to the appropriate committees of Congress.

    Dated: August 15, 2011.
Thomas R. Nides,
Deputy Secretary for Management and Resource.
[FR Doc. 2011-27065 Filed 10-18-11; 8:45 am]
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