FACTBOX-Countries Ineligible for U.S. Military Aid
Tue July 1, 2003 04:11 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Sates said on Tuesday it was cutting off military aid to 35 countries that support the International Criminal Court but have not exempted Americans from prosecution in the tribunal.
The 35 countries are:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zambia.
Under the American Service Members Protection Act of 2002, the basis for the decision to cut aid, another 11 countries are not eligible for U.S. military assistance, but they had not been receiving any in this fiscal year. They are:
Andorra, Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru, San Marino, Sweden and Switzerland.
President Bush issued waivers to enable military aid to continue to 22 countries, either because they have exempted U.S. personnel from prosecution or because he deemed that the aid was in the national interest.
Those countries are: Albania, Afghanistan, Bolivia, Bosnia, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Honduras, Macedonia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nigeria, Panama, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan and Uganda.
Also exempt are the 19 members of NATO, Taiwan and a group of countries which Washington classifies as "major non-NATO allies" -- Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, New Zealand and South Korea.
Tue July 1, 2003 04:11 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Sates said on Tuesday it was cutting off military aid to 35 countries that support the International Criminal Court but have not exempted Americans from prosecution in the tribunal.
The 35 countries are:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zambia.
Under the American Service Members Protection Act of 2002, the basis for the decision to cut aid, another 11 countries are not eligible for U.S. military assistance, but they had not been receiving any in this fiscal year. They are:
Andorra, Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru, San Marino, Sweden and Switzerland.
President Bush issued waivers to enable military aid to continue to 22 countries, either because they have exempted U.S. personnel from prosecution or because he deemed that the aid was in the national interest.
Those countries are: Albania, Afghanistan, Bolivia, Bosnia, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Honduras, Macedonia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nigeria, Panama, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan and Uganda.
Also exempt are the 19 members of NATO, Taiwan and a group of countries which Washington classifies as "major non-NATO allies" -- Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, New Zealand and South Korea.
