The Smart Border Declaration was a binational deal signed on December 12, 2001 between the United States and Canada. The aim of the plan was to continually improve border security, information-sharing and law enforcement co-operation between the two nations.
The Smart Border Declaration included a four-part Action Plan. Within a year, the Smart Border Declaration was expanded into a 30 point Action Plan.
Famous quotes containing the words smart, border and/or declaration:
“For every family had one cat at least in the bag.”
—Christopher Smart (1722–1771)
““Although our love is waning, let us stand
By the lone border of the lake once more,
Together in that hour of gentleness
When the poor tired child, Passion, falls asleep....””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“I believe the declaration that “all men are created equal” is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)