[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.