For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 14, 2003
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination No. 2003-16
SUBJECT: Waiver of Coup-Related Sanctions for Pakistan
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws
of the United States, including section 1(b)(1) of the Pakistan Waiver
Act, Public Law 107-57, I hereby determine and certify that a waiver of
section 508 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations, Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations
Resolution, 2003, Public Law 108-7
- would facilitate the transition to democratic rule in
Pakistan; and
- is important to United States efforts to respond to, deter,
or prevent acts of international terrorism.
I hereby waive, with respect to Pakistan, section 508 of Division E
of Public Law 108-7.
You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination to
the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal
Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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