[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 49 (Monday, December 10, 2001)]
[Pages 1766-1767]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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 Memorandum on Northern Ireland

 December 7, 2001

 Memorandum for the Secretary of State

 Subject:  Certification Related to Northern Ireland Under Section 405 
of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001

     Pursuant to section 405 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg 
Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, 
as enacted in Public Law 106-113, I hereby certify that: (i) training or 
exchange programs conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or 
other Federal law enforcement agencies for the Police Service of 
Northern Ireland (PSNI) or PSNI members are necessary to improve the 
professionalism of policing in Northern Ireland and advance the peace 
process in Northern Ireland; (ii) such programs will include in the 
curriculum a significant human rights component; (iii) vetting 
procedures have been established in the Departments of State and 
Justice, and any other appropriate Federal agency, to ensure that 
training or exchange programs do not include PSNI members who there are 
substantial grounds for believing have committed or condoned violations 
of internationally recognized human rights, including any role in the 
murder of Patrick Finucane or Rosemary Nelson or other violence or 
serious threat of violence against defense attorneys in Northern 
Ireland; and (iv) the Governments of the United Kingdom and Republic of 
Ireland are committed to assisting in the full implementation of the 
recommendations contained in the Patten Commission report issued 
September 9, 1999.
     You are authorized and directed to transmit this certification to 
the appropriate congressional committees and to publish it in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

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