For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 21, 2005
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination
No. 2005-37
SUBJECT: Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign
Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons
Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000 (Division A of Public Law 106-386), as amended, (the "Act"), I hereby:
Make the determination provided in section
110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, with respect to Cambodia and Venezuela, not to
provide certain funding for those countries' governments for fiscal year
2006, until such government complies with the minimum standards or makes
significant efforts to bring itself into compliance, as may be determined
by the Secretary of State in a report to the Congress pursuant to section
110(b) of the Act;
Make the determination provided in section
110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, with respect to Burma, Cuba, and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), not to provide certain
funding for those countries' governments for fiscal year 2006, until such
government complies with the minimum standards or makes significant efforts
to bring itself into compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary of
State in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 110(b) of the Act;
Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(3) of
the Act, concerning the determinations of the Secretary of State with
respect to Bolivia, Jamaica, Qatar, Sudan, Togo, and the United Arab
Emirates;
Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the
Act, with respect to Cambodia, for all programs, projects, or activities of
assistance for victims of trafficking in persons or to combat such
trafficking, for promoting good governance, or which would have a
significant adverse effect on vulnerable populations if suspended, that
provision to Cambodia of the assistance described in sections
110(d)(1)(A)(i) and
110(d)(1)(B) of the Act for such programs, projects, or activities would
promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of
the United States;
Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the
Act, with respect to Ecuador, that provision to Ecuador of all programs,
projects, or activities of assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i)
and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is
otherwise in the national interest of the United States;
Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the
Act, with respect to Kuwait, that provision to Kuwait of all programs,
projects, or activities of assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i)
and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act is in the national interest of the United
States;
Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the
Act, with respect to Saudi Arabia, that provision to Saudi Arabia of all
programs, projects, or activities of assistance described in sections
110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act is in the national interest of
the United States;
Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the
Act, with respect to Venezuela, for all programs, projects, or activities
of assistance for victims of trafficking in persons or to combat such
trafficking, or for strengthening the democratic process, including
strengthening political parties and supporting electoral observation and
monitoring and related programs, or for public diplomacy, that provision to
Venezuela of the assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and
110(d)(1)(B) of the Act for such programs, projects, or activities would
promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of
the United States;
Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the
Act, that assistance to Cambodia or Venezuela described in section
110(d)(1)(B) of the Act that
is a regional program, project, or activity under which the total
benefit to either Cambodia or Venezuela does not exceed 10 percent of the
total value of such program, project, or activity; or
has as its primary objective the addressing of basic human needs, as
defined by the Department of the Treasury with respect to other, existing
legislative mandates concerning U.S. participation in the multilateral
development banks; or
is complementary to or has similar policy objectives to programs being
implemented bilaterally by the United States Government; or
has as its primary objective the improvement of the country's legal
system, including in areas that impact the country's ability to investigate
and prosecute trafficking cases or otherwise improve implementation of a
country's anti-trafficking policy, regulations or legislation; or
is engaging a government, international organization, or civil society
organization, and that seeks as its primary objective(s) to: (a) increase
efforts to
investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons crimes; (b) increase
protection for victims of trafficking through better screening,
identification,
rescue/removal, aftercare (shelter, counseling) training and reintegration;
or (c) expand prevention efforts through education and awareness campaigns
highlighting the dangers of trafficking or training and economic
empowerment of populations clearly at risk of falling victim to trafficking
would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national
interest of the United States.
The certification required by section 110(e) of the Act is provided
herewith.
You are hereby authorized and directed to submit this determination to the
Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.