[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 11 (Thursday, January 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 2326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-630]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5674]


Determination Pursuant to the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act 
Related to the Provision of Military Assistance in Support of a 
Southern Sudan Security Sector Transformation Program (SST)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the laws of the United 
States, including Section 8(d) of the Darfur Peace and Accountability 
Act (Pub. L. 109-344) and the Presidential Delegation of Authority in 
E.O. 13412, I hereby:

--Determine that the provision of non-lethal military equipment and 
related defense services (hereafter ``assistance'') to the 
Government of Southern Sudan for the purpose of constituting a 
professional military force is in the national security interests of 
the United States; and

--Authorize, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for Fiscal 
Years 2007 and 2008, the provision of any such items 15 days after 
notification of this determination.

    This determine covers the provision of all such non-lethal 
assistance, including vehicles and communications equipment; power 
generation; facilities construction/renovation; training and technical 
assistance; recommendations for force structure, training, equipment, 
infrastructure and resource management; military advisers; and the 
provision of other non-lethal defense articles and related defense 
services in support of military reform in Sothern Sudan, including 
support to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, appropriate for the 
aforementioned purpose.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination 
to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.

    Dated: January 2, 2007.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E7-630 Filed 1-17-07; 8:45 am]
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