[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12980]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5486]


Determination To Waive the Certification Requirement That the 
Government of Afghanistan Is Cooperating Fully With U.S.-Funded Poppy 
Eradication and Interdiction Efforts in Afghanistan

    Pursuant to the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Pub. L. 109-102) 
(``the Act'') under the heading Economic Support Fund, provisos 11 
through 13, and the May 8, 2006 Assignment of Function from the 
President to the Secretary of State, I hereby determine that it is 
vital to the national security interests of the United States to waive 
the requirement that the Secretary of State certify to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Government of Afghanistan at both the 
national and local level is cooperating fully with the United States-
funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan.
    This determination shall be reported to the Congress, accompanied 
by a report in accordance with the Act, and published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: May 22, 2006.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E6-12980 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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