    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 25 (Monday, June 26, 2006)]
    [Pages 1215-1216]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on the Proliferation Security Initiative

    June 23, 2006

        Today, members of the international community are gathered in
    Warsaw, Poland, to share their experiences and develop new approaches to
    countering the trafficking of weapons of mass destruction through the
    Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Since the initiative was
    launched in Krakow, Poland, on May 31, 2003, the PSI has grown from a
    handful of nations to a global partnership of more than 70 countries
    from all around the world.
        The PSI is dedicated to stopping all aspects of the proliferation
    trade and to denying terrorists, rogue states, and their supplier
    networks access to WMD-related materials and delivery systems. Together,
    we are working to disrupt the financial activities of networks that
    support proliferation, as called for in United Nations Security Council
    Resolutions 1540 and 1673. Together, we are shutting down front
    companies and proliferation networks and interdicting cargo carrying
    these dangerous materials, whether transported by land, air, or sea.
    With renewed determination, PSI supporters have come to Warsaw to
    further enhance our ability to counter WMD proliferation.
        I join President Lech Kaczynski in welcoming PSI supporters to
    Warsaw, including our newest partners from the Persian Gulf and Central
    Asia. I commend all member nations for their readiness in taking on this
    vital task, and I urge all responsible states to join this global effort
    to end the WMD proliferation trade.

    Note: The statement referred to President Lech Kaczynski of Poland.

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