Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, 59519-59520 [2019-24195]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59519-59520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24195]



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Vol. 84

Monday,

No. 213

November 4, 2019

Part III





The President





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Presidential Determination No. 2020-01 of October 18, 2019--
Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child 
Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008



Presidential Determination No. 2020-02 of October 18, 2019--
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign 
Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 213 / Monday, November 4, 2019 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Presidential Determination No. 2020-01 of October 18, 
                2019

                
Presidential Determination and Certification With 
                Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Pursuant to section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
                Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c-1) (CSPA), I 
                hereby:

                Determine that it is in the national interest of the 
                United States to waive the application of the 
                prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect 
                to Afghanistan and Iraq; to waive the application of 
                the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with 
                respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 
                allow for the provision of International Military 
                Education and Training (IMET) and Peacekeeping 
                Operations (PKO) assistance, to the extent the CSPA 
                would restrict such assistance or support; to waive the 
                application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the 
                CSPA with respect to Mali to allow for the provision of 
                IMET and PKO assistance, the issuance of licenses for 
                direct commercial sales of military equipment, and 
                Department of Defense (DOD) support provided pursuant 
                to 10 U.S.C. 333, to the extent the CSPA would restrict 
                such assistance or support; to waive the application of 
                the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with 
                respect to Somalia to allow for the provision of IMET 
                and PKO assistance and DOD support provided pursuant to 
                10 U.S.C. 333, to the extent the CSPA would restrict 
                such assistance or support; to waive the application of 
                the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with 
                respect to South Sudan to allow for the provision of 
                PKO assistance, to the extent the CSPA would restrict 
                such assistance or support; and, to waive the 
                application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the 
                CSPA with respect to Yemen to allow for the provision 
                of PKO assistance and DOD support provided pursuant to 
                10 U.S.C. 333, to the extent the CSPA would restrict 
                such assistance or support; and

                Certify that the governments of the above countries are 
                taking effective and continuing steps to address the 
                problem of child soldiers.

                Accordingly, I hereby waive such applications of 
                section 404(a) of the CSPA.

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                You are authorized and directed to submit this 
                determination to the Congress, along with the 
                Memorandum of Justification, and to publish the 
                determination in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, October 18, 2019

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