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 Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2002-07 of February 23, 2002 President's Report to Congress on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries under the FY 2002 Modification to the Annual Drug Certification Procedures Memorandum for the Secretary of State This report is submitted under section 59] of the Kenneth H. Ludden For- eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (P.L. ]07-]]5) (the "FY 2002 FOAA"). Pursuant to section 59] of the FY 2002 FOAA, I hereby identify the following countries as major drug-transit or major illicit drug producing countries: Afghanistan, The Ba- hamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ec- uador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, Venezuela, and Vietnam. I previously identified these same countries as major drug-transit or major illicit drug producing countries on November ], 200], pursuant to section 490(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of ]96], as amended (the "FAA"). Pursuant to section 59] of the FY 2002 FOAA, I hereby designate Afghani- stan, Burma and Haiti as countries that failed demonstrably, during the pre- vious ]2 months, to adhere to their obligations under international counter- narcotics agreements and to take the counternarcotics measures set forth in section 489(a) (]) of the FAA. I have attached a justification for each of the countries so designated, as required by section 59]. Pursuant to section 59](3), I hereby also determine that provision of United States assistance to Afghanistan and Haiti in FY 2002 under the FY 2002 FOAA is vital to the national interests of the United States. You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this report to the Con- gress and to publish it in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, Feb\177my 23, 2002. STATEMENT OF EXPLANATION Afghanistan Afghanistan has failed demonstrably during the previous ]2 months to make significant efforts to adhere to its obligations under international counternarcotics agreements and to take the counternarcotics measures set forth in section 489(a)(]) of the Foreign Assistance Act of ]96], as amend- ed. Provision of United States assistance to Afghanistan in Fiscal Year 2002 under the Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (P.L. ]07-]]5) is vital to the national interests of the United States. After the Tallban began enforcing a ban on the cultivation of opium poppy in September 2000, the total production of opium in Afghanistan dropped 279

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