Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2000-25 of June 29, 2000 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: (1) the effort to can and safely store all spent fuel from North Korea's graphite-moderated nuclear reactors has been successfully con- cluded; (2) North Korea is complying with its obligations under the agreement regarding access to suspect underground construction; and (3) the United States has made and is continuing to make significant progress on eliminating the North Korean ballistic missile threat, in- cluding further missile tests and its ballistic missile exports. Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 576(d) of the Act, I here- by 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 head- ing "Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs" of that Act, for assistance for KEDO and therefore I hereby waive the require- ment in section 576(c)(3) to certify that: North Korea has terminated its nu- clear 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. WILLIAM J. CLINTON THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, June 29, 2000. Notice of June 30, 2000 Continuation of Emergency With Respect to the Taliban On ]u]y 4, 1999, I issued Executive Order \1773\17729, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with the Tallban," to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions and policies of the Tallban in Afghani- stan. The order blocks all property and interests in property of the Tallban and prohibits trade-related transactions by United States persons involving the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Tallban. The Tallban continues to allow territory under its control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and base of operations for Usama bin Laden and the A1-Qaida organization who have committed and threaten to continue to commit acts of violence against the United States and its nationals. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force 393
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