Presidential Determination Regarding Certification of the 32 Major Illicit Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries

The President has determined that 23 major drug producing &/or major drug transit countries cooperated fully with the U.S., or took adequate steps on their own, to achieve full compliance with the goals & objectives established by the 1988 U.N. Convention Against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances. He denied certification to 6 countries that did not meet the standards set out in Section 490(b) of the FAA. He did certify 3 countries based on the vital national interests of the U.S. For each country this report describes the extent of its counternarcotics progress & cooperation.