Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 71, No. 211 

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 

Title 3— 

The President 

Presidential Determination No. 2006–25 of September 26, 2006 

Presidential Determination With Respect to Foreign 

Governments’ Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State 

Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (Division A of Public Law 106–386), as amended, (the ‘‘Act’’), I hereby: 

• Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, 

with respect to Burma, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe, not to provide certain 

funding for those countries’ governments for fiscal year 2007, until such 

government complies with the minimum standards or makes significant 

efforts to bring itself into compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary 

of State in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 110(b) of the Act; 

• Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, 

with respect to Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran, 

and Syria, not to provide certain funding for those countries’ governments 

for fiscal year 2007, until such government complies with the minimum 

standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself into compliance, as 

may be determined by the Secretary of State in a report to the Congress 

pursuant to section 110(b) of the Act; 

• Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(3) of the Act, concerning 

the determinations of the Secretary of State with respect to Belize and 

Laos; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Iran, that funding for educational and cultural exchange programs described 

in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act that include educators, municipal leaders, religious leaders, journalists, economists, or sports or cultural figures 

would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 

interest of the United States; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Saudi Arabia, that provision to Saudi Arabia of all programs, projects, or 

activities of assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) 

of the Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in 

the national interest of the United States; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Sudan, that provision to Sudan of all programs, projects, or activities of 

assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act 

would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 

interest of the United States; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Syria, that funding for educational and cultural exchange programs described 

in section 110(d)(1) (A)(ii) of the Act that include educators, municipal 

leaders, religious leaders, journalists, economists, or sports or cultural figures 

would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 

interest of the United States; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Uzbekistan, that provision to Uzbekistan of all programs, projects, or activities 

of assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the 

Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 

interest of the United States; 


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• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Venezuela, for all programs, projects, or activities of assistance for victims 

of trafficking in persons or to combat such trafficking, or for strengthening 

the democratic process, including strengthening political parties and supporting electoral observation and monitoring and related programs, or for 

public diplomacy, that provision to Venezuela of the assistance described 

in sections 110(d) (1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act for such programs, 

projects, or activities would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 

in the national interest of the United States; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Zimbabwe, for all programs, projects, or activities of assistance for victims 

of trafficking in persons or to combat such trafficking, for the promotion 

of health or good governance, or which would have a significant adverse 

effect on vulnerable populations if suspended, that provision to Zimbabwe 

of the assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of 

the Act for such programs, projects, or activities would promote the purposes 

of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, that assistance 

to Venezuela or Zimbabwe described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act 

that: 

(1) is a regional program, project, or activity under which the total benefit 

to Venezuela or Zimbabwe does not exceed 10 percent of the total value 

of such program, project, or activity; or 

(2) has as its primary objective the addressing of basic human needs, 

as defined by the Department of the Treasury with respect to other, existing 

legislative mandates concerning U.S. participation in the multilateral development banks; or 

(3) is complementary to or has similar policy objectives to programs being 

implemented bilaterally by the United States Government; or 

(4) has as its primary objective the improvement of the country’s legal 

system, including in areas that impact the country’s ability to investigate 

and prosecute trafficking cases or otherwise improve implementation of 

a country’s anti-trafficking policy, regulations, or legislation; or 

(5) in engaging a government, international organization, or civil society 

organization, and that seeks as its primary objective(s) to: (a) increase 

efforts to investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons crimes; (b) increase protection for victims of trafficking through better screening, identification, rescue/removal, aftercare (shelter, counseling) training and reintegration; or (c) expand prevention efforts through education and awareness campaigns highlighting the dangers of trafficking or training and 

economic empowerment of populations clearly at risk of falling victim 

to trafficking 

would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 

interest of the United States. 

The certification required by section 110(e) of the Act is provided herewith. 


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You are hereby authorized and directed to submit this determination to 

the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 26, 2006. 

[FR Doc. 06–9027 

Filed 10–31–06; 8:45 am] 

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