For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 22, 2003

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

October 21, 2003

Presidential Determination
No. 2004-05

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Sudan Peace Act

Consistent with section 6(b)(1)(A) of the Sudan Peace Act (Public Law 107-245), I hereby determine and certify that the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement are negotiating in good faith and that negotiations should continue.

You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress of this determination and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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