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

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2024)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 83773-83774]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2024-24323]

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Presidential Determination No. 2024-15 of September 30,

2024

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 in part the application of the

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

to Cameroon to allow for the provision of International

Military Education and Training (IMET) and Peacekeeping

Operations (PKO) assistance, the issuance of direct

commercial sales (DCS) licenses, and support provided

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333, to the

extent that the CSPA would restrict such assistance or

support; to waive in part the application of the

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

to Libya to allow for the provision of IMET and PKO

assistance, the issuance of DCS licenses in connection

with the export or reexport of transport aircraft and

related parts, components, and technical data, and

support provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10

U.S.C

04(a) of the CSPA with respect

to Libya to allow for the provision of IMET and PKO

assistance, the issuance of DCS licenses in connection

with the export or reexport of transport aircraft and

related parts, components, and technical data, and

support provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10

U.S.C. 333, to the extent that the CSPA would restrict

such assistance or support; to waive in part 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. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333, to the

extent that the CSPA would restrict such assistance or

support; to waive in part the application of the

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

to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yemen to

allow for the provision of IMET and PKO assistance, to

the extent that the CSPA would restrict such

assistance; to waive in part the application of the

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

to the Central African Republic to allow for the

provision of IMET 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 to allow for the issuance of DCS licenses related

to other United States Government assistance for the

above countries and, with respect to the Russian

Federation, solely for the issuance of DCS licenses in

connection with the International Space Station; and

cation of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the

CSPA to allow for the issuance of DCS licenses related

to other United States Government assistance for the

above countries and, with respect to the Russian

Federation, solely for the issuance of DCS licenses in

connection with the International Space Station; 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 and certification to the Congress, along

with the Memorandum of Justification, and to publish

this determination in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, September 30, 2024

[FR Doc. 2024-24323

Filed 10-17-24; 8:45 am]

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