[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 132 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
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                Presidential Determination No. 2000-25 of June 29, 2000

                
U.S. Contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy 
                Development Organization (KEDO): Certification and 
                Waiver

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Pursuant to section 576(c) of the Foreign Operations, 
                Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
                Act, 2000, as enacted in Public Law 106-113, (the 
                ``Act''), I hereby certify that:

(1)

the effort to can and safely store all spent fuel from North Korea's 
graphite-moderated nuclear reactors has been successfully concluded;

(2)

North Korea is complying with its obligations under the agreement regarding 
access to suspect underground construction; and

(3)

the United States has made and is continuing to make significant progress 
on eliminating the North Korean ballistic missile threat, including further 
missile tests and its ballistic missile exports.

                Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 
                576(d) of the Act, I hereby determine that it is vital 
                to the national security interests of the United States 
                to furnish up to $20 million in funds made available 
                under the heading ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
                Demining and Related Programs'' of that Act, for 
                assistance for KEDO and therefore I hereby waive the 
                requirement in section 576(c)(3) to certify that: North 
                Korea has terminated its nuclear weapons program, 
                including all efforts to acquire, develop, test, 
                produce, or deploy such weapons.

                You are hereby authorized and directed to report this 
                certification and wavier to the Congress and to arrange 
                for its publication in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, June 29, 2000.

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