For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 26, 2004
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination: No. 2004-31
Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with Respect to Burkina Faso and Dominica
May 25, 2004
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 Burkina Faso and Dominica have each entered
into an agreement with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the
Rome Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from
processing 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 arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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