[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000-2001, Book III)]
[January 17, 2001]
[Pages 2948-2949]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Haiti
January 17, 2001

    Pursuant to section 559(b) of Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, I hereby transmit to you 
a report concerning the status of Haiti's progress.
    The report contains eight subsections, which provide information 
required by section 559(b)

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of the Act, to the extent that such information is available. These 
subsections address:
    Governmental Institutions Envisioned in the 1987 Haitian 
            Constitution.
    Privatization of Haiti's Major Public Entities.
    Efforts to Re-sign the Lapsed Bilateral Repatriation 
            Agreement, and Cooperation in Halting Illegal Migration.
    Investigations and Prosecution of Extrajudicial and 
            Political Killings, and Cooperation With the United States 
            In Such Investigation.
    Removal and Maintenance of Separation of Human Rights 
            Violators from Haitian Public Security Entities or Units.
    Ratification of the 1997 Maritime Counter-Narcotics 
            Agreement.
    Development of Haiti's Domestic Capacity to Conduct Free, 
            Fair, Democratic, and Administratively Sound Elections.
    Demonstrated Commitment of Haiti's Minister of Justice to 
            the Professionalism of the Judiciary, and Progress Toward 
            Judicial Branch Independence.
        Sincerely,

                                                      William J. Clinton

Note: Letters were sent to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, and Jesse 
Helms, ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Robert C. 
Byrd, chairman, and Ted Stevens, ranking member, Senate Committee on 
Appropriations; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, and Tom Lantos, ranking member, 
House Committee on International Relations; and C.W. Bill Young, 
chairman, and David R. Obey, ranking member, House Committee on 
Appropriations. This letter was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on January 18. An original was not available for verification 
of the content of this letter.