For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 4, 2002
Message to the Congress of the United States
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Consistent with the resolution of advice and consent to
ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the United States on April 24,
1997, I hereby certify pursuant to Condition 7(C)(i), Effectiveness of
the Australia Group, that:
Australia Group members continue to maintain equally effective or
more comprehensive controls over the export of: toxic chemicals and
their precursors; dual-use processing equipment; human, animal, and plant
pathogens and toxins with potential biological weapons
applications; and dual-use biological equipment, as that afforded by the
Australia Group as of April 25, 1997; and
The Australia Group remains a viable mechanism for limiting the
spread of chemical and biological weapons-related materials and
technology, and the effectiveness of the Australia Group has not been
undermined by changes in membership, lack of compliance with common export
controls and nonproliferation measures, or the weakening of common
controls and nonproliferation measures, in force as of April 25, 1997.
The factors underlying this certification are described in the
enclosed statement of justification.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 4, 2002.
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