[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 83773-83774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24323]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 202 / Friday, October 18, 2024 / 
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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.
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                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, September 30, 2024

[FR Doc. 2024-24323
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