[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 24 (Monday, June 23, 2008)]
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Memorandum on Waiving the Prohibition on the Use of Economic Support 
Funds With Respect to Various Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing 
the International Criminal Court

June 20, 2008

 Presidential Determination No. 2008-21

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving the Prohibition on the Use of Economic Support Funds 
with Respect to Various Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the 
International Criminal Court

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States, including section 574 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109-102), as carried forward by the Revised Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110-5), I hereby:
 <bullet>    Determine that it is important to the national interests of 
            the United States to waive the prohibition of aforementioned 
            section 574(a) with respect to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, 
            Ecuador, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, 
            Peru, Samoa, South Africa, and Tanzania; and
 <bullet>    Waive the prohibition of aforementioned section 574(a) with 
            respect to these countries.
    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