[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 36 (Monday, September 11, 2006)]
[Pages 1556-1557]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Transfers of Defense Articles and Services in Support of 
Sudan Security Sector Transformation (SST) Program

August 28, 2006

 Presidential Determination No. 2006-22

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Transfers of Defense Articles and Services in Support of Sudan 
Security Sector Transformation (SST) Program

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including section 40(g) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (AECA), I hereby:
 <bullet>    Determine that the transaction, encompassing transfers of 
            defense articles and services, funded by United States 
            Government assistance, necessary for an SST program for the 
            Government of Southern Sudan that will support 
            transformation of the Sudan People's Liberation Army from a 
            guerrilla force into a smaller, conventional force is 
            essential to the national security interests of the United 
            States. Such transfers include the provision of vehicles and 
            communications equipment; power generation; facilities 
            construction/renovation; training and technical assistance; 
            recommendations for force structure, training, equipment, 
            infrastructure, and resource management; and other defense 
            articles and services in support of military reform in 
            Southern Sudan, including support to the Sudan People's 
            Liberation Movement;
 <bullet>    Waive the prohibitions in section 40 of the AECA related to 
            such transaction; and
 <bullet>    Assign to you the functions under section 40(g)(2) of the 
            AECA to consult with and submit reports to the Congress

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            for proposed specific exports or transfers, 15 days prior to 
            permitting them to proceed, that are necessary for and 
            within the scope of this determination and the transaction 
            referred to herein.
    You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the 
Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 
11, 2006]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on September 5 and will publish in the Federal Register on September 12.