For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 29, 2003
Presidential Determination No. 2003-28
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military
Assistance to Parties to the Rome Statute
Establishing the International Criminal Court
Consistent with the authority vested in me by section 2007 of the
American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002 (the "Act"), title II of
Public Law 107-206 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.), I hereby:
Determine that Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Djibouti,
Mauritius, and Zambia have each entered into an agreement with the
United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the
International Criminal Court from proceeding against U.S. personnel
present in such countries; and
Waive the prohibition of section 2007(a) of the Act with
respect to these countries for as long as such agreement remains in
force.
You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the
Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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