    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 21 (Monday, May 28, 2001)]
    [Page 809]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on Achieving Benchmarks
    for a Sustainable Peace Process in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    May 25, 2001

    To the Congress of the United States:

        As required by the Levin Amendment to the 1998 Supplemental
    Appropriations and Rescissions Act (section 7(b) of Public Law 105-174)
    and section 1203(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
    Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261), I transmit herewith a
    report on progress made toward achieving benchmarks for a sustainable
    peace process in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
        In July 2000, the fourth semiannual report was sent to the Congress
    detailing progress towards achieving the ten benchmarks that were
    adopted by the Peace Implementation Council and the North Atlantic
    Council in order to evaluate implementation of the Dayton Accords. This
    fifth report, which also includes supplemental reporting as required by
    section 1203(a) of Public Law 105-261, provides an updated assessment of
    progress on the benchmarks covering the period July 1, 2000, to February
    28, 2001.
                                                    George W. Bush
     The White House,
     May 25, 2001.

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