Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
Record date: 2019-11-04
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
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2019-24195
- Publication date
- 2019-11-04
- Citation
- 84 FR 59519
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of 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. ( printed page 59520) 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 . THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 18, 2019 [ FR Doc. 2019-24195 Filed 11-1-19; 11:15 am] Billing code 4710-10-P
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