[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 25 (Monday, June 30, 2008)]
[Pages 912-913]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Certification of Rescission of North Korea's Designation 
as a State Sponsor of Terrorism

June 26, 2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Certification of Rescission of North Korea's Designation as a 
State Sponsor of Terrorism

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 
3, United States Code, and consistent with section 6(j)(4)(B) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979, Public Law 96-72, as amended (50 
U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), and as continued in effect by Executive Order 
13222 of August 17, 2001, 66 FR 44025, I hereby certify, with respect to 
the rescission of the determination of January 20, 1988, regarding North 
Korea that:

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(i)          the Government of North Korea has not provided any support 
            for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month 
            period; and

(ii)         the Government of North Korea has provided assurances that 
            it will not support acts of international terrorism in the 
            future.

    This certification shall also satisfy the provisions of section 
620A(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Public Law 87-195, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 2371(c)), and section 40(f)(1)(B) of the Arms Export 
Control Act, Public Law 90-629, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2780(f)).

    You are authorized and directed to report this certification and the 
attached memorandum justifying the rescission to the Congress and to 
arrange for the publication of this certification in the Federal 
Register.

                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., June 30, 
2008]

Note: This memorandum will be published in the Federal Register on July 
1.