{President Barack Obama has decided to waive Child soldier Sanctions against Rwanda as the later does not involve in any recruit or use of Child soldiers, IGIHE has learned on Wednesday.}
In October last Year, the United States moved to block military assistance to five countries, including three in Africa, over their use of child soldiers in armed conflicts.
The affected countries were Central African Republic, Rwanda and Sudan as well as Burma (also known as Myanmar) and Syria.
However Obama said “Pursuant to section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) (title IV, Public Law 110-457), as amended, I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States: to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Rwanda, Somalia, and Yemen”
Obama waives in part sanctions against Central African Republic and DRC .
The Central African Republic was granted partial waiver to allow for provision of International Military Education and Training (IMET) while DRC partial waiver is to allow for provision of IMET, nonlethal Excess Defense Articles, the issuance of licenses for direct commercial sales of U.S. origin nonlethal defense articles and Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) assistance
A US official said that Obama had not granted Myanmar a waiver from the sanctions applied under the Child Soldier Prevention Act (CPSA).
The law prevents US military assistance to or the sale of licences for commercial military sales to sanctioned nations.
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