For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 30, 2003
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination: No. 2004-17
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 Belize, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Panama, and Fiji 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 arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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