[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 43 (Monday, October 27, 2003)]
[Pages 1439-1440]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Certification Concerning U.S. Participation in the U.N. 
Mission in Liberia Consistent With Section 2005 of the American 
Servicemembers' Protection Act

October 20, 2003

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Certification Concerning U.S. Participation in the U.N. Mission 
in Liberia Consistent With Section 2005 of the American Servicemembers' 
Protection Act

    Consistent with section 2005 of the American Servicemembers' 
Protection Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-206; 22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.), 
concerning the participation of members of the Armed Forces of the 
United States in certain United Nations peacekeeping and peace 
enforcement operations, I hereby certify that members of the U.S. Armed 
Forces participating in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 
are without risk of criminal prosecution or other assertion of 
jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court because, in authorizing 
the operation, the United Nations Security

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Council (in Resolutions 1497 (2003) and 1509 (2003)) has provided for 
the exclusive jurisdiction of the contributing State for all acts or 
omissions arising out of or related to UNMIL, unless such exclusive 
jurisdiction is expressly waived.
    You are authorized and directed to submit this certification to the 
Congress and arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush