U.S. Contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO): Certification and Waiver

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**U.S. Contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO): Certification and Waiver**

**Memorandum for the Secretary of State**

Pursuant to section 576(c) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, as enacted in Public Law 106-113, (the “Act”), I hereby certify that:

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 576(d) of the Act, I hereby determine that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to furnish up to $20 million in funds made available under the heading “Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs” of that Act, for assistance for KEDO and therefore I hereby waive the requirement in section 576(c)(3) to certify that: North Korea has terminated its nuclear weapons program, including all efforts to acquire, develop, test, produce, or deploy such weapons.

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this certification and wavier to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the *Federal Register* .

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THE WHITE HOUSE,