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

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2018)]

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Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 205 / Tuesday, October 23, 2018 /

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The President

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Presidential Determination No. 2018-13 of September 28,

2018

Presidential Determination 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 as follows:

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 Iraq, Mali, Niger,

and Nigeria; to waive the application of the

prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect

to Somalia to allow for the provision of International

Military Education and Training assistance,

Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) assistance, and support

provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C

q, Mali, Niger,

and Nigeria; to waive the application of the

prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect

to Somalia to allow for the provision of International

Military Education and Training assistance,

Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) assistance, and 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 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 PKO assistance,

to the extent the CSPA would restrict such assistance

or support. Accordingly, I hereby waive such

applications of section 404(a) of the CSPA.

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, September 28, 2018

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