Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons, 67017-67018 [2010-27674]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 67017-67018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27674]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75 , No. 210 / Monday, November 1, 2010 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Presidential Determination No. 2011-15 of September 10, 
                2010

                
Presidential Determination with Respect to 
                Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in 
                Persons

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Act of 2000 (Division A of Public Law 106-
                386), as amended (the ``Act''), I hereby:

                Make the determination provided in section 
                110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, with respect to Burma and 
                Zimbabwe, not to provide certain assistance for those 
                countries' governments for Fiscal Year 2011, until such 
                governments comply with the minimum standards or make 
                significant efforts to bring themselves into 
                compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary of 
                State in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 
                110(b) of the Act;

                Make the determination provided in section 
                110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, with respect to Cuba, the 
                Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK), 
                Eritrea, and Iran, not to provide certain assistance 
                for those countries' governments for Fiscal Year 2011, 
                until such governments comply with the minimum 
                standards or make significant efforts to bring 
                themselves into compliance, as may be determined by the 
                Secretary of State in a report to the Congress pursuant 
                to section 110(b) of the Act;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to the Democratic Republic of the 
                Congo, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Mauritania, 
                Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, that 
                provision to these countries' governments of all 
                programs, projects, or activities of assistance 
                described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) 
                of the Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is 
                otherwise in the national interest of the United 
                States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Burma, that a partial waiver to 
                allow funding for programs described in section 
                110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to support government labs 
                and offices that work to combat infectious disease 
                would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 
                in the national interest of the United States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Cuba and Iran, that a partial 
                waiver to allow funding for educational and cultural 
                exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) 
                of the Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is 
                otherwise in the national interest of the United 
                States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Zimbabwe, that a partial waiver to 
                allow funding for programs described in section 
                110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act for assistance for victims 
                of trafficking in persons or to combat such 
                trafficking, and for programs to support the promotion 
                of health, good governance, education, agriculture and 
                food security, poverty reduction, livelihoods, family 
                planning, and macroeconomic growth including anti-
                corruption, and programs that would have a significant 
                adverse effect on vulnerable populations if suspended, 
                would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 
                in the national interest of the United States;

                And determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Zimbabwe, that assistance 
                described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, which:

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                    (1) is a regional program, project, or activity 
                under which the total benefit to Zimbabwe does not 
                exceed 10 percent of the total value of such program, 
                project, or activity; or
                    (2) has as its primary objective the addressing of 
                basic human needs, as defined by the Department of the 
                Treasury with respect to other, existing legislative 
                mandates concerning U.S. participation in the 
                multilateral development banks; or
                    (3) is complementary to or has similar policy 
                objectives to programs being implemented bilaterally by 
                the United States Government; or
                    (4) has as its primary objective the improvement of 
                Zimbabwe's legal system, including in areas that impact 
                Zimbabwe's ability to investigate and prosecute 
                trafficking cases or otherwise improve implementation 
                of its anti-trafficking policy, regulations, or 
                legislation; or
                    (5) is engaging a government, international 
                organization, or civil society organization, and seeks 
                as its primary objective(s) to: (a) increase efforts to 
                investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons 
                crimes; (b) increase protection for victims of 
                trafficking through better screening, identification, 
                rescue/removal, aftercare (shelter, counseling) 
                training, and reintegration; or (c) expand prevention 
                efforts through education and awareness campaigns 
                highlighting the dangers of trafficking or training and 
                economic empowerment of populations clearly at risk of 
                falling victim to trafficking, would promote the 
                purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 
                interest of the United States.

                The certification required by section 110(e) of the Act 
                is provided herewith.

                You are hereby authorized and directed to submit this 
                determination to the Congress, and to publish it in the 
                Federal Register. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    WASHINGTON, September 10, 2010

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