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Presidential Directives

On the first day of the Clinton Administration, President Clinton abolished the use of National Security Review (NSR) and the National Security Directive (NSD), replacing them with the Presidential Review Directive (PRD) and the Presidential Decision Directive (PDD). PDD-1 established these two seperate series. 

Presidential Decision Directives

PDD-1 - Establishment of Presidential Review and Decision Series, 1/20/1993
PDD-2 - Organization of the National Security Council, 1/20/1993
PDD-5 - Public Encryption Management, 4/15/1993
PDD-7 - Environmental Policy on Biodiversity and Global Climate Change 5/27/1993
PDD-8 - Declassification of POW/MIA Records, 6/10/1993
PDD-9 - Alien Smuggling, 6/18/1993
PDD-12 - Security Awareness and Reporting of Foreign Contacts, 9/5/1993
PDD-14 - U.S. on International Counternarcotics in the Western Hemisphere, 11/3/1993
PDD-15 - U.S. Policy on Stockpile Stewardship Under an Extended Moratorium and Comprehensive Test Ban, 11/3/1993
PDD-16 - Environmental Policy on International Desertification Forest Conservation and Freshwater Security, 11/5/1993
PDD-17 - U.S. Policy on Ballistic Missile Defenses and the Future of the ABM Treaty, 12/11/1993
PDD-19 - Environmental Policy on Multilateral Development Banks and Global Environmental Facility, 1/5/1994
PDD-23 - U.S. Policy on Foreign Access to Remote Sensing Space Capabilities, 3/9/1994
PDD-24 - U.S. Counterintelligence Effctiveness, 5/3/1994
PDD-25 - U.S. Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations, 5/3/1994
PDD-26 - U.S. Policy on Artic and Antartic Regions, 5/9/1994
PDD-28 - U.S. Policy Toward Latin America and the Caribbean, 9/8/1994
PDD-29 - Security Policy Coordination, 9/16/1994
PDD-30 - U.S. Nuclear Posture and Policy on Nuclear Arms Control Beyond the STARTI and START II Treaties, 9/21/1994
PDD-32 - Freedom of Navigation
PDD-34 - U.S. Policy on Conventional Arms Transfer
PDD-36 - U.S. Policy on Protecting Ocean Environment, 4/5/1995
PDD-39 - U.S. Policy on Counterterrorism, 6/21/1995
PDD-40 - U.S. Port Security Program
PDD-42 - International Organized Crime, 10/21/1995
PDD-45 - Amendment to the Organization of the National Security Council
PDD-47 - Nuclear Scientific and Technical Cooperation with Russia Related to Stockpile Safety and Security and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, CTBT Monitoring and Verification, 3/4/1996
PDD-48 - Anti-Personnel Landmines, APL, 6/26/1996
PDD-50 - Commercial Communications Satellites and Jet-Engine Hot-Section Technology, 10/12/1996
PDD-51 - Amendment to the Organization of the National Security Council
PDD-53 - Amendment to Organization of National Security Council, 1/9/1997
PDD-54 - Anti-personnel Landmines (APL) - Additional Guidance on U.S. Policy
PDD-56 - Managing Complex Contingency Operations
PDD-62 - Protection Against Unconventional Threats to the Homeland and Americas Overseas, 5/22/1998
PDD-63 - Critical Infrastructure Protection, 5/20/1998
PDD-65 - Amendment to Organization of National Security Council, 6/23/1998
PDD-66 - U.S. Nuclear Posture and Policy on Further Reductions in Nuclear Force in START III
PDD-68 - International Public Information (IPI)
PDD-70 - National Implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention, 12/17/1999
PDD-71 - Strengthening Criminal Justice Systems in Support of Peace Operations and Other Complex Contingencies 

Presidential Review Directives

PRD-1 - U.S. Policy Regarding the Situation in the Former Yugoslavia, 1/22/1993
PRD-9 - U.S. Policy Toward Angola, 2/11/1993
PRD-13 - Multilateral Peacekeeping operation, 2/15/1993
PRD-15 - U.S. Policy Toward Nicaragua, 2/22/1993
PRD-23 - U.S. Policy on Extraterritorial Application of National Environment Policy
PRD-25 - The Future of Arms Control and Disarmament, 4/9/1993
PRD-27 - Advanced Telecommunications and Encryption, 4/16/1993
PRD-29 - National Security Information, 4/26/1993
PRD-31 - U.S. Policy on Ballistic Missil Defenses and the Future of the ABM Treaty, 4/26/1993
PRD-36 - U.S. Policy Toward Central and Easter Europe, 7/5/1993
PRD-43 - U.S. Environmental Policy in Latin America and Caribbean, 3/23/1995
PRD-50 - Emergency Humanitarian Relief, 1/10/1995