Joint Statement by Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, and Claude Gueant, French Interior Minister on the Endorsement of the U.S-EU Passenger Name Record Agreement

The United States and France have a joint history, as old as our republics, of cooperating to protect the security and rights of our citizens. Every day officers of the Department of Homeland Security and the Ministry of Interior work together to prevent illicit travel, secure global commerce and bring criminals to justice. This partnership extends beyond our bilateral cooperation to an agreement that establishes transatlantic and global standards ? we do so by the example of our domestic practices and our participation in multilateral frameworks. It is with these goals in mind that today we reaffirm our mutual intent to support the U.S.-EU Agreement on the Use and Transfer of Passenger Name Records, initialed in Paris on November 17 by DHS Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute and Director Reinhard Priebe of the European Commission.

Source: http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/20111202-napolitano-pnr-statement.shtm

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