[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 40255-40256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19645]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 151 / Monday, August 7, 1995 /
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Presidential Determination No. 95-32 of July 28, 1995
Eligibility of Angola To Be Furnished Defense
Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act
and the Arms Export Control Act
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section
503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control
Act, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense
articles and services to the Government of the Republic
of Angola will strengthen the security of the United
States and promote world peace.
You are authorized and directed to report this finding
to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal
Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, July 28, 1995.
JUSTIFICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION OF
ELIGIBILITY OF ANGOLA TO BE FURNISHED MILITARY
ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 AND
THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT
Section 503 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and
Section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act require,
as a condition of eligibility to acquire defense
articles and services from the United States, that the
President find that the furnishing of such articles and
services to the country concerned will ``strengthen the
security of the United States and promote world
peace.''
The search for peace in Angola, the source of seven
percent of U.S. oil imports, has been a central
security concern of U.S. policy in Africa since
Angola's independence in 1975. As the last nation in
southern Africa to make the transition to peace,
democracy, and stability, Angola will complete the
regional transition already effected by its neighbors,
including Namibia, South Africa, and Mozambique.
The United States played a key role in the UN-sponsored
negotiations which produced the Lusaka Protocol and the
current cease-fire. The difficult process of national
reconciliation in Angola will be hampered by the
destruction caused by three decades of civil war. Among
the most devastating legacies is the estimated 10
million landmines throughout the country. These
landmines, both anti-tank and anti-personnel, seriously
hinder the UN's efforts to deploy peacekeeping troops
and they prevent Angola from reconstructing its
shattered economy.
Angola has been designated as a priority country for
USG demining assistance by the Interagency Working
Group on Demining and Landmine Control. The Department
believes that Angola is an appropriate country to
receive
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USG demining assistance both because of the recent need and because of
a combination of favorable factors.
Both the GRA and UNITA recognize the gravity
of the landmine situation. Both support international,
particularly, U.S., involvement in the demining
program.
Both the Angolan government and UNITA, through
the UN, have requested demining equipment to allow
indigenous deminers to begin the process of opening
roads and returning agricultural fields to
productivity. Angolan government and UNITA soldiers are
actively demining without adequate equipment and are
suffering casualties.
A coordinated, effective demining program will
be the key to the efficient deployment of UN
peacekeepers, the provision of humanitarian assistance,
and the free flow of people and goods.
Providing non-lethal defense articles and services to
Angola pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act and Arms
Export Control Act authorities will further our long-
term goals of promoting stability both in Angola and
throughout southern Africa, thereby strengthening the
security of the United States and promoting world
peace.
[FR Doc. 95-19645
Filed 8-4-95; 11:20 am]
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