    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [December 19, 1997]
    [Page 1812]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting a Certification Required by
    the Ratification Resolution of the Chemical Weapons Convention
    December 19, 1997

    Dear Mr. Speaker:    (Dear Mr. President:)
        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 (3), Establishment of an Internal
    Oversight Office, the internal audit office of the Preparatory
    Commission was expanded into the Office of Internal Oversight of the
    Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons upon the
    establishment of the Organization.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.