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Presidential Determination No. 2008–4 of October 18, 2007 

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, Syria, and Venezuela not to provide certain funding for 

those countries’ governments for Fiscal Year 2008, 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 (DPRK), and 

Iran not to provide certain funding for those countries’ governments for 

Fiscal Year 2008, 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 determination of the Secretary of State with respect to Equatorial Guinea 

and Kuwait. 

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

Algeria, that provision to Algeria 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 

Bahrain, that provision to Bahrain 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 

DPRK, that funding for educational and cultural exchange programs described 

in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act that are aimed at improving U.S.- 

DPRK relations 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 

Iran, that funding for educational and cultural exchange programs described 

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

leaders 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 

Malaysia, that provision to Malaysia 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 

Oman, that provision to Oman 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 

Qatar, that provision to Qatar 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 

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

trafficking in persons or to combat such trafficking, that provision to Syria 

of the assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) 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 

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; 

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 

democracy or good governance, 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, that assistance to 

Venezuela 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 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 


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(5) is 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. 

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, October 18, 2007. 

[FR Doc. 07–5371 

Filed 10–25–07; 8:45 am] 

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