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and (C)p rovidin g educational and vocational assistance; ( 4 ) the U nited S tates should w or k with the international communit y, including, as appropriate, third country govern - ments, nongovernmental organi z ations, f aith-based organiza- tions, United N ations agencies, local governments, labor unions, and private enterprises — ( A ) to bring to j ustice rebel and paramilitary forces that kidnap children for use as child soldiers; ( B ) to recover those children who have been abducted; and (C) to assist such children to be rehabilitated and reintegrated into their respective communities; ( 5 ) the Secretary of State, the Secretary of L abor, and the Secretary of D efense should coordinate programs to achieve the goals described in paragraph ( 3 ); ( 6 ) United States diplomatic missions in countries in which the use of child soldiers is an issue, whether or not such use is supported or sanctioned by the governments of such countries, should include in their mission program plans a strategy to achieve the goals described in paragraph (3); ( 7 ) United States diplomatic missions in countries in which governments use or tolerate child soldiers should develop strate- gies, as part of annual program planning— (A) to promote efforts to end such abuse of human rights; and (B) to identify and integrate global best practices, as available, into such strategies to avoid duplication of effort; and ( 8 ) in allocating or recommending the allocation of funds or recommending candidates for programs and grants funded by the United States G overnment, United States diplomatic missions should give serious consideration to those programs and candidates that are e x pected to promote the end to the abuse of human rights described in this section .SEC.40 4. PROHIB I T IO N . (a) IN G E NE RAL .—Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), the authorities contained in section 5 1 6or541 of the F oreign Assistance Actof1 9 61( 2 2 U.S.C. 2321j or 2347) or section 23 of the Arms E xport Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) may not be used to provide assistance to, and no licenses for direct commercial sales of military e q uipment may be issued to, the government of a country that is clearly identified, pursuant to subsection (b), for the most recent year preceding the fiscal year in which the authorities or license would have been used or issued in the absence of a violation of this title, as having governmental armed forces or government- supported armed groups, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit and use child soldiers. (b) I D EN TIF I C ATI O N AND NOTIFICATION TO CO U NTRIE S IN V IOLA- TION OF STANDARDS.— (1) P U B LICATION OF LIST OF FOREI G NGO V ERN M ENTS.— T he Secretary of State shall include a list of the foreign governments that have violated the standards under this title and are subject to the prohibition in subsection (a) in the report required under 2 2 USC 2 370c–1.