For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 7, 2001
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
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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