# 84 FR 59519: Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 > Federal · Presidential documents · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2019-24195 ## Section - **Citation:** 84 FR 59519 - **Heading:** Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Presidential documents - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Presidential Documents / Presidential Document / 2019-24195 ## Text [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] [[Page 59517]] Vol. 84 Monday, No. 213 November 4, 2019 Part III The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 59519]] 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 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 ct 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. [[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. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 18, 2019 [FR Doc. 2019-24195 Filed 11-1-19; 11:15 am] Billing code 4710-10-P ## Nearby sections - [80 FR 3461 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2015-01283.md) - [80 FR 6645 Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2016 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2015-02539.md) - [80 FR 9983 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2015-04006.md) - [80 FR 10321 Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 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