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Presidential Determination No. 2024–15 of September 30, 2024 

Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to 

the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State 

Pursuant to section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 

U.S.C. 2370c–1) (CSPA), I hereby: 

Determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive 

in part the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA 

with respect to Cameroon to allow for the provision of International Military 

Education and Training (IMET) and Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) assistance, the issuance of direct commercial sales (DCS) licenses, and support 

provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333, to the extent that 

the CSPA would restrict such assistance or support; to waive in part the 

application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect 

to Libya to allow for the provision of IMET and PKO assistance, the issuance 

of DCS licenses in connection with the export or reexport of transport 

aircraft and related parts, components, and technical data, and support provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333, to the extent that 

the CSPA would restrict such assistance or support; to waive in part the 

application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect 

to Somalia to allow for the provision of IMET and PKO assistance and 

support provided pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333, to the 

extent that the CSPA would restrict such assistance or support; to waive 

in part the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA 

with respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yemen to allow 

for the provision of IMET and PKO assistance, to the extent that the CSPA 

would restrict such assistance; to waive in part the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to the Central African 

Republic to allow for the provision of IMET assistance, to the extent that 

the CSPA would restrict such assistance; and to waive the application of 

the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA to allow for the issuance 

of DCS licenses related to other United States Government assistance for 

the above countries and, with respect to the Russian Federation, solely 

for the issuance of DCS licenses in connection with the International Space 

Station; and 

Certify that the governments of the above countries are taking effective 

and continuing steps to address the problem of child soldiers. 

Accordingly, I hereby waive such applications of section 404(a) of the CSPA. 


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You are authorized and directed to submit this determination and certification to the Congress, along with the Memorandum of Justification, and 

to publish this determination in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 30, 2024 

[FR Doc. 2024–24323 

Filed 10–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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