[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66671-66672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21374]


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                Presidential Determination No. 2023-11 of September 15, 
                2023

                
Presidential Determination and Certification With 
                Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                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 Egypt; to waive in part the application of the 
                prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect 
                to Turkey to allow for the provision of International 
                Military Education and Training (IMET) and Peacekeeping 
                Operations (PKO) assistance, the issuance of direct 
                commercial sales (DCS) licenses, and support provided 
                pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333, to the 
                extent that the CSPA would restrict such assistance or 
                support; to waive in part the application of the 
                prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect 
                to Libya and Somalia to allow for the provision of IMET 
                and PKO assistance and support provided pursuant to 10 
                U.S.C. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333, to the extent that the 
                CSPA would restrict such assistance or support; to 
                waive in part the application of the prohibition in 
                section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to the 
                Democratic Republic of the Congo to allow for the 
                provision of IMET and PKO assistance and the issuance 
                of DCS licenses in connection with the reexport of 
                transport aircraft, to the extent that the CSPA would 
                restrict such assistance; to waive in part the 
                application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the 
                CSPA with respect to the Central African Republic and 
                Yemen to allow for the provision of IMET and PKO 
                assistance, to the extent that the CSPA would restrict 
                such assistance; and to waive the application of the 
                prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA to allow for 
                the issuance of DCS licenses related to other United 
                States Government assistance for the above countries 
                and, with respect to the Russian Federation, solely for 
                the issuance of DCS licenses in connection with the 
                International Space Station; and

                Certify that the governments of the above countries are 
                taking effective and continuing steps to address the 
                problem of child soldiers.

                Accordingly, I hereby waive such applications of 
                section 404(a) of the CSPA.

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                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 in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, September 15, 2023

[FR Doc. 2023-21374
Filed 9-26-23; 11:15 am]
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