Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2024
June 28, 2024
Presidential Determination No. 2024–06
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Presidential Determination and Certification with Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
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 Turkey; and
Certify that the Government of Turkey is taking effective and continuing steps to address the problem of child soldiers.
Accordingly, I hereby waive such application of section 404(a) of the CSPA.
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 and certification in the Federal Register.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum.
Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, memorandum.
Subjects: Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008; Secretary of State; Turkey, human rights issues.
DCPD Number: DCPD202400555.
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