[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 40 (Monday, October 9, 2006)]
[Pages 1708-1709]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance 
With Respect to Various Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the 
International Criminal Court

September 29, 2006

 Presidential Determination No. 2006-27

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with 
Respect to Various Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the 
International Criminal Court

    Consistent with the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, including section 2007 of the American 
Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (the ``2002 Act''), title II of 
Public Law 107-206 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.), I hereby:
 <bullet>    Determine that it is important to the national interest of 
            the United States to waive the prohibition of section 
            2007(a) of the 2002 Act with respect to Barbados, Bolivia, 
            Brazil, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Kenya, Mali, Malta, 
            Mexico, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, Samoa, Serbia, South 
            Africa, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Trinidad 
            and Tobago, and Uruguay with respect to military assistance 
            provided under the International Military Education and 
            Training program, chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign 
            Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); and
 <bullet>    Waive the prohibition of section 2007(a) with respect to 
            the military assistance described above with respect to 
            these countries.
    You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the 
Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on October 2.

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