Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
Record date: 2020-10-30
Presidential Determination No. 2021-01 of October 14, 2020 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 under section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Afghanistan, Cameroon, Iraq, Libya, and Nigeria; to waive the application of the prohibition in
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2020-24292
- Publication date
- 2020-10-30
- Citation
- 85 FR 69117
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
Official record excerpt
Presidential Determination No. 2021-01 of October 14, 2020 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 under section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Afghanistan, Cameroon, Iraq, Libya, and Nigeria; 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 that 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 support provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 333 , to the extent that 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 that the CSPA would restrict such assistance; 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 and IMET assistance and support provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 333 , to the extent that 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 problems of child soldiers. Accordingly, I hereby waive such applications of section 404(a) of the CSPA. ( printed page 69118) 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 14, 2020 [ FR Doc. 2020-24292 Filed 10-29-20; 11:15 am] Billing code 4710-10-P
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