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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release January 29, 1999

January 28, 1999

Presidential Determination

No. 99-11

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the

          Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
          Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in the Omnibus
          Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
          Act, 1999, Public Law 105-277)

Pursuant to section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, Public Law 105-277), 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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