[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 5 (Monday, February 4, 2002)]
[Pages 125-126]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with 
Respect to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan

January 25, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-06

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with Respect 
to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan

    Pursuant to the authority contained in Title II of the ``Kenneth M. 
Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2002'' (Public

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Law 107-115), I hereby determine and certify that a waiver of section 
907 of the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-511):
 <bullet>    is necessary to support U.S. efforts to counter 
            international terrorism;
 <bullet>    is necessary to support the operational readiness of U.S. 
            Armed Forces or coalition partners to counter international 
            terrorism;
 <bullet>    is important to Azerbaijan's border security; and
 <bullet>    will not undermine or hamper ongoing efforts to negotiate a 
            peaceful settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan or be 
            used for offensive purposes against Armenia.
    Accordingly, I hereby waive section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act. 
You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress of this 
determination and to arrange for its publication in the Federal 
Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on January 28.