Federal Register: April 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 64)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-8248
Presidential Documents
Presidential Documents
NOTICE: ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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Presidential Determination No. 2003-19 of March 28, 2003
Security Assistance to East Timor: Certification
and Report Pursuant to Section 637(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107- 228)
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, including
section 637(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, I hereby certify
that East Timor has established an independent armed
forces; and that the provision to East Timor of
military assistance in the form of excess defense
articles and international military education and
training is in the national security interests of the
United States, and will promote both human rights in
East Timor and the professionalization of the armed forces of East Timor.
You are hereby authorized and directed to report this certification, accompanying memorandum of
justification, and report on East Timor security
assistance to the Congress, and to arrange for the
publication of this memorandum in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 28, 2003.
[FR Doc. 03-8248
Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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