[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 35 (Monday, September 3, 2001)]
[Page 1240]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Cyprus

August 27, 2001

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

    In accordance with section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)), I submit to you this report on 
progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering 
the period from June 1 through July 31, 2001. The previous submission 
covered from April 1 through May 31, 2001.
    The United Nations continued in its efforts to resume the proximity 
talks that started in December 1999. During the reporting period, 
Special Cyprus Coordinator Thomas G. Weston and U.S. Ambassador to 
Cyprus Donald K. Bandler continued to provide diplomatic support to this 
process. The United States remains committed to the United Nations 
effort to find a just and lasting settlement to the Cyprus problem.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, Senate 
Committee on Foreign Relations. This letter was released by the Office 
of the Press Secretary on August 29.