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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release March 20, 1996

March 19, 1996

                                     Presidential Determination
                                     No.        96-19          

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

  SUBJECT:       Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the    
                 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
                 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 
                 (Public Law 104-107)

Pursuant to section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-107), I hereby certify that withholding from international financial institutions and other international organizations and programs funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to that Act is contrary to the national interest.

You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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