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Volume 34--Number 28
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Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
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Addresses and Remarks
China, business community in the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region--1312
Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act, memorandum signing--1331
Congressional Medal of Honor, presentation--1354
Florida, firefighters and relief workers in Daytona Beach--1351
Georgia
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee luncheon in Atlanta--
1347
National youth antidrug media campaign in Atlanta--1344
Gun safety and responsibility--1334
Medicare and the legislative agenda--1328
``Presidential Dialogue on Race'' on PBS--1336
Radio address--1327
Communications to Congress
Emigration policies of certain former Eastern bloc states, letter
transmitting report--1354
Libya, continuation of national emergency, letter reporting--1330
Communications to Federal Agencies
Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act, memorandum--1333
Joint Institute for Food Safety Research, memorandum--1326
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998,
memorandum--1344
Interviews With the News Media
Exchange with reporters in the Rose Garden--1328
News conference in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,
China, July 3 (No. 162)--1317
Joint Statements
Joint Statement on South Asia--1311
Joint Statement on U.S.-Polish Relations--1356
Meetings With Foreign Leaders
China, President Jiang--1311
Poland, Prime Minister Buzek--1356
Statements by the President
Death of M.K.O. Abiola of Nigeria--1334
Senate action
Higher education reauthorization legislation--1356
India-Pakistan sanctions legislation--1354
Internal Revenue Service reform legislation--1354
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--1361
Checklist of White House press releases--1360
Digest of other White House announcements--1358
Nominations submitted to the Senate--1359
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Week Ending Friday, July 10, 1998
Joint Statement on South Asia
June 27, 1998
Introduction
Recent nuclear tests by India and Pakistan, and the resulting
increase in tension between them, are a source of deep and lasting
concern to both of us. Our shared interests in a peaceful and stable
South Asia and in a strong global nonproliferation regime have been put
at risk by these tests, which we have joined in condemning. We have
agreed to continue to work closely together, within the P-5, the
Security Council and with others, to prevent an accelerating nuclear and
missile arms race in South Asia, strengthen international
nonproliferation efforts, and promote reconciliation and the peaceful
resolution of differences between India and Pakistan.
Preventing a Nuclear and Missile Race in South Asia
The P-5 Joint Communique of June 4, which was endorsed by UN
Security Council Resolution 1172, sets out clear and comprehensive
objectives and a plan for action to address the threat of South Asian
nuclear and missile arms race. We pledge our full support for the steps
outlined in the Joint Communique, and again call on India and Pakistan
to stop all further nuclear tests and adhere immediately and
unconditionally to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), to
refrain from weaponization or deployment of nuclear weapons and from the
testing or deployment of missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons,
and to enter into firm commitments not to weaponize or deploy nuclear
weapons or missiles capable of delivering them.
Strengthening Global Nonproliferation Cooperation
The United States and China remain firmly committed to strong and
effective international cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation, with
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as its cornerstone. We will continue to bolster
global nuclear nonproliferation efforts, and reiterate that our goal is
adherence of all countries, including India and Pakistan, to the NPT as it
stands, without any modification. States that do not adhere to the Treaty
cannot expect to be accorded the same benefits and international standing
as are accorded to NPT parties. Notwithstanding their recent nuclear tests,
India and Pakistan do not have the status of nuclear weapons states in
accordance with the NPT.
We reaffirm our determination to fulfill our commitments relating to
nuclear disarmament under Article VI of the NPT. To this end, both
countries have signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and do not
intend to resume nuclear testing.
We call for the prompt initiation and conclusion of negotiations in
the Conference on Disarmament, on the basis of the 1995 agreed mandate,
for a multilateral treaty banning the production of fissile material for
nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. We urge India and
Pakistan to participate, in a positive spirit, in such negotiations with
other states in the Conference on Disarmament with a view to reaching
early agreement.
We both actively support the Strengthened Safeguards System now
being implemented by the IAEA, and will promptly take steps to implement
it in our countries.
Reducing Tensions and Encouraging the Peaceful Resolution of Differences
Between India and Pakistan
We are committed to assist where possible India and Pakistan to
resolve peacefully the difficult and long-standing differences between
them, including the issue of Kashmir. We welcome the resumption of
dialogue between the two countries and encourage them
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to continue such dialogue, and we stand ready to assist in the
implementation of confidence-building measures between them, and
encourage the consideration of additional measures of this type.
Responsibilities of the United States and China
The United States and China have long sought friendly relations with
both India and Pakistan. We reaffirm this goal and our hope that we can
jointly and individually contribute to the achievement of a peaceful,
prosperous, and secure South Asia. As P-5 members, and as states with
important relationships with the countries of the region, we recognize
our responsibility to contribute actively to the maintenance of peace,
stability and security in the region, and to do all we can to address
the root causes of tension.
We reaffirm that our respective policies are to prevent the export
of equipment, materials or technology that could in any way assist
programs in India or Pakistan for nuclear weapons or for ballistic
missiles capable of delivering such weapons, and that to this end, we
will strengthen our national export control systems.
Next Steps
Close coordination between the United States and China is essential
to building strong international support behind the goals to which we
are committed in response to nuclear testing by India and Pakistan. We
will stay closely in touch on this issue, and will work with other
members of the P-5 and the Security Council, with other Asian and
Pacific countries, and with the broader international community to
forestall further instability in South Asia, achieve a peaceful and
mutually acceptable resolution of differences between India and
Pakistan, and strengthen the global nonproliferation regime.
Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of
this joint statement. This item was not received in time for publication
in the appropriate issue.
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Week Ending Friday, July 10, 1998
Remarks to the Business Community in Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, China
July 3, 1998
Thank you very much. To Jeff Muir, and Victor Fong, thank you both
for your fine remarks and for hosting me. I thank all the members of the
Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the American Chamber of Commerce
for making this forum available, and so many of you for coming out on
this morning for what will be my last public speech, except for my press
conference, which the members of the press won't permit to become a
speech, before I go home.
It has been a remarkable trip for my wife and family and for the
Senate delegation and members of our Cabinet and White House. And we are
pleased to be ending it here.
I want to say a special word of appreciation to Secretary Albright
and Secretary Daley, to Senator Rockefeller, Senator Baucus, Senator
Akaka, Congressman Dingell, Congressman Hamilton, Congressman Markey,
and the other members of the administration and citizens who have
accompanied me on this very long and sometimes exhausting but
ultimately, I believe, very productive trip for the people of the United
States and the people of China.
I'm glad to be back in Hong Kong. As I told Chief Executive Tung and
the members of the dinner party last night, I actually--I may be the
first sitting President to come to Hong Kong, but this is my fourth trip
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