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Presidential Determination No. 2011–15 of September 10, 2010 

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 and Zimbabwe, not to provide certain assistance for those 

countries’ governments for Fiscal Year 2011, until such governments comply 

with the minimum standards or make significant efforts to bring themselves 

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 North Korea (DPRK), 

Eritrea, and Iran, not to provide certain assistance for those countries’ governments for Fiscal Year 2011, until such governments comply with the minimum standards or make significant efforts to bring themselves 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; 

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

the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, 

Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, that provision 

to these countries’ governments 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 

Burma, that a partial waiver to allow funding for programs described in 

section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to support government labs and offices 

that work to combat infectious disease 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 

Cuba and Iran, that a partial waiver 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; 

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

Zimbabwe, that a partial waiver to allow funding for programs described 

in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act for assistance for victims of trafficking 

in persons or to combat such trafficking, and for programs to support the 

promotion of health, good governance, education, agriculture and food security, poverty reduction, livelihoods, family planning, and macroeconomic 

growth including anti-corruption, and programs that would have a significant 

adverse effect on vulnerable populations if suspended, would promote the 

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

States; 

And determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect 

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

which: 

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

to 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 Zimbabwe’s legal 

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

and prosecute trafficking cases or otherwise improve implementation of 

its anti-trafficking policy, regulations, or legislation; or 

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

organization, and 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, September 10, 2010 

[FR Doc. 2010–27674 

Filed 10–29–10; 8:45 am] 

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