99-16254. Policy on Munitions Export Licenses to Nigeria

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 34304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16254]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3076]


Policy on Munitions Export Licenses to Nigeria

AGENCY: Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State.

ACTION: Public Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sections 38 and 42 of the Arms Export Control Act, 
notice is hereby given that it is no longer the policy of the United 
States to deny all requests for licenses and other approvals to export 
defense articles or defense services to Nigeria. Therefore, U.S. 
persons registered with the Department of State's Office of Defense 
Trade Controls may henceforth submit requests that will be reviewed on 
a case-by-case basis.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William J. Lowell, Director, Office of 
Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
Department of State [phone] or FAX [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective immediately, it is no longer the 
policy of the U.S. Government to deny all requests for licenses and 
other approvals to authorize the export of defense articles and defense 
services to Nigeria. Since the death of General Sani Abacha in June 
1998, Head of State Abubakar has made significant and steady 
contributions toward Nigeria's transition to a democratically elected 
government and to human rights reform, and a democratic election was 
held in February 1999. Nigeria has reversed many of the policies of the 
Abacha regime and inaugurated the democratically elected administration 
of Olusegun Obasanjo. It is because of these changes that U.S. persons 
registered with the Department of State's Office of Defense Trade 
Controls may henceforth submit requests that will be reviewed on a 
case-by-case basis. Reinstatement of Nigeria to the sales territory of 
any manufacturing license and/or technical assistance agreement should 
be addressed through an amendment to the agreement to be submitted to 
the Office of Defense Trade Controls.
    This action has been taken pursuant to Sections 38 and 42 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2791) and Section 126.7 of the 
International Traffic in Arms Regulations in furtherance of the foreign 
policy of the United States.

    Dated: June 18, 1999.
Eric D. Newsom,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-16254 Filed 6-24-99; 8:45 am]
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