[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 40255-40256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19645]



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                Presidential Determination No. 95-32 of July 28, 1995

                
Eligibility of Angola To Be Furnished Defense 
                Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act 
                and the Arms Export Control Act

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 
                503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
                amended, and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control 
                Act, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense 
                articles and services to the Government of the Republic 
                of Angola will strengthen the security of the United 
                States and promote world peace.

                You are authorized and directed to report this finding 
                to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal 
                Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, July 28, 1995.

                JUSTIFICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION OF 
                ELIGIBILITY OF ANGOLA TO BE FURNISHED MILITARY 
                ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 AND 
                THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT

                Section 503 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and 
                Section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act require, 
                as a condition of eligibility to acquire defense 
                articles and services from the United States, that the 
                President find that the furnishing of such articles and 
                services to the country concerned will ``strengthen the 
                security of the United States and promote world 
                peace.''

                The search for peace in Angola, the source of seven 
                percent of U.S. oil imports, has been a central 
                security concern of U.S. policy in Africa since 
                Angola's independence in 1975. As the last nation in 
                southern Africa to make the transition to peace, 
                democracy, and stability, Angola will complete the 
                regional transition already effected by its neighbors, 
                including Namibia, South Africa, and Mozambique.

                The United States played a key role in the UN-sponsored 
                negotiations which produced the Lusaka Protocol and the 
                current cease-fire. The difficult process of national 
                reconciliation in Angola will be hampered by the 
                destruction caused by three decades of civil war. Among 
                the most devastating legacies is the estimated 10 
                million landmines throughout the country. These 
                landmines, both anti-tank and anti-personnel, seriously 
                hinder the UN's efforts to deploy peacekeeping troops 
                and they prevent Angola from reconstructing its 
                shattered economy.

                Angola has been designated as a priority country for 
                USG demining assistance by the Interagency Working 
                Group on Demining and Landmine Control. The Department 
                believes that Angola is an appropriate country to 
                receive 

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                USG demining assistance both because of the recent need and because of 
                a combination of favorable factors.

                 Both the GRA and UNITA recognize the gravity 
                of the landmine situation. Both support international, 
                particularly, U.S., involvement in the demining 
                program.

                 Both the Angolan government and UNITA, through 
                the UN, have requested demining equipment to allow 
                indigenous deminers to begin the process of opening 
                roads and returning agricultural fields to 
                productivity. Angolan government and UNITA soldiers are 
                actively demining without adequate equipment and are 
                suffering casualties.

                 A coordinated, effective demining program will 
                be the key to the efficient deployment of UN 
                peacekeepers, the provision of humanitarian assistance, 
                and the free flow of people and goods.

                Providing non-lethal defense articles and services to 
                Angola pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act and Arms 
                Export Control Act authorities will further our long-
                term goals of promoting stability both in Angola and 
                throughout southern Africa, thereby strengthening the 
                security of the United States and promoting world 
                peace.

[FR Doc. 95-19645
Filed 8-4-95; 11:20 am]
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