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Presidential Determination: Drug Certification 
U.S. Newswire 
26 Feb 17:38 
Presidential Determination: Certification for Major Illicit Drug Producing
and Drug Transit Countries 
To: National Desk 
Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2100 

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was 
released today by the White House: 

February 26, 1999 

Presidential Determination 
No. 99-15 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE 
SUBJECT: Certification for Major Illicit Drug Producing 
and Drug Transit Countries 

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 490(b)(1)(A) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended ("the Act"), I hereby 
determine and certify that the following major illicit drug producing 
and/or major illicit drug transit countries/dependent territories 
have cooperated fully with the United States, or have taken adequate 
steps on their own, to achieve full compliance with the goals and 
objectives of the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit 
Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances: 

Aruba, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, 
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, 
Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Taiwan, Thailand, 
Venezuela, and Vietnam. 

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 490(b)(1)(B) of 
the Act, I hereby determine that it is in the vital national 
interests of the United States to certify the following major illicit 
drug producing and/or major illicit drug transit countries: 

Cambodia, Haiti, Nigeria, and Paraguay. 

Analysis of the relevant U.S. vital national interests, as 
required under section 490(b)(3) of the Act, is attached. 

I have determined that the following major illicit drug producing 
and/or major illicit drug transit countries do not meet the standards 
set forth in section 490(b) for certification: 

Afghanistan, Burma. 

In making these determinations, I have considered the factors set 
forth in section 490 of the Act. Given that the performance of each 
of these countries/dependent territories has differed, I have 
attached an explanatory statement for each of the countries/dependent 
territories subject to this determination. 

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress immediately and to publish it 
in the Federal Register. 

WILLIAM J. CLINTON