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Presidential Determination No. 2023–14 of September 29, 2023 

Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State 

Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) (the ‘‘Act’’), as amended, I hereby determine as follows: 

As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that the United States 

will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to the Governments of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, 

the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and South Sudan for Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2024 until such governments comply with the Act’s minimum standards 

or make significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with the 

minimum standards; 

As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, that the United States 

will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to, or allow 

funding for participation in educational and cultural exchange programs 

by officials or employees of, the Governments of Belarus, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Eritrea, Macau (Special Administrative Region of the PRC), Nicaragua, Russia, and Syria for FY 2024 until 

such governments comply with the Act’s minimum standards or make significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with the minimum standards; 

As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, I hereby instruct the 

United States Executive Director of each multilateral development bank, 

as defined in the Act, and of the International Monetary Fund to vote 

against and use best efforts to deny any loan or other utilization of the 

funds of the respective institution (other than for humanitarian assistance; 

for trade-related assistance; or for development assistance that directly addresses basic human needs, is not administered by the government of such 

country, and confers no benefit to that government) for the Governments 

of Belarus, Burma, Cuba, the DPRK, Eritrea, Iran, Macau (Special Administrative Region of the PRC), Nicaragua, the PRC, Russia, South Sudan, and 

Syria for FY 2024 until such governments comply with the Act’s minimum 

standards or make significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance 

with the minimum standards; 

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that the provision 

of all programs, projects, activities, and funding for educational and cultural 

exchange programs described in sections 110(d)(1)(A) and 110(d)(1)(B) of 

the Act to Algeria, Cambodia, Djibouti, Papua New Guinea, Turkmenistan, 

and Venezuela would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 

in the national interest of the United States; 

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that providing 

the assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act to Afghanistan, 

Chad, Equatorial Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau would promote the purposes 

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

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a partial 

waiver with respect to Belarus, Eritrea, Macau (Special Administrative Region 


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of the PRC), and Russia to allow funding for educational and cultural exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of 

the United States; 

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to Afghanistan, 

I determine that a partial waiver of the restriction described in section 

110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to allow for Economic Support Fund (ESF) and 

Global Health Programs (GHP) assistance would promote the purposes of 

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

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to Chad, I determine 

that a partial waiver of the restriction described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) 

of the Act to allow for Development Assistance (DA), ESF, and GHP assistance 

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

interest of the United States; 

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to Equatorial 

Guinea, I determine that a partial waiver of the restriction described in 

section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to allow for International Military Education 

and Training (IMET), Peacekeeping Operations (PKO), DA, ESF, and GHP 

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

national interest of the United States; 

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to Guinea-Bissau, 

I determine that a partial waiver of the restriction described in section 

110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to allow for IMET, PKO, DA, ESF, and GHP 

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

national interest of the United States; and 

Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to South Sudan, 

I determine that a partial waiver of the restriction described in section 

110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to allow for GHP assistance would promote the 

purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United 

States. 

In addition, with respect to the Governments of Curacao and Sint Maarten, 

consistent with the United States Government’s firm stand against human 

trafficking, and until such governments take steps consistent with compliance 

with the minimum standards of the Act or make significant efforts to do 

so, I hereby: (i) direct that executive departments and agencies shall not 

provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance, as described 

in section 110(d)(1)(A) of the Act, to the Governments of Curacao and 

Sint Maarten; (ii) instruct the United States Executive Director of each multilateral development bank, as defined in the Act, and of the International 

Monetary Fund to vote against and use best efforts to deny any loan or 

other utilization of the funds of the respective institution (other than for 

humanitarian assistance, for trade-related assistance, or for development assistance that directly addresses basic human needs, is not administered 

by such government, and confers no benefit to that government) to Curacao 

and Sint Maarten, as described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act; and (iii) 

direct that funding for participation by officials or employees of the Governments of Curacao and Sint Maarten in educational and cultural exchange 

programs shall continue to be permitted in FY 2024, consistent with the 

foreign policy and all applicable laws of the United States. 


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You are authorized and directed to submit this determination, the certification required by section 110(e) of the Act, and the Memorandum of Justification, on which I have relied, to the Congress, and to publish this 

determination in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 29, 2023 

[FR Doc. 2023–23736 

Filed 10–24–23; 11:15 am] 

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