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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release August 17, 1999

August 17, 1999

Presidential Determination No. 99-35

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT: Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Commodities

          and Services for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal
          Established with Regard to the Former Yugoslavia

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including section 554 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted in Public Law 105-277, I hereby:

     (a) determine that a drawdown of up to $5 million of commodities
          and services from the inventory and resources of the
          Department of Defense will contribute to a just resolution of
          charges regarding genocide and other violations of
          international humanitarian law; and

     (b) direct the drawdown, pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign
          Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2348a (the
          "Act"), of up to $5 million in commodities and services from
          the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense for
          the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard
          to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security
          Council, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained in
          section 552(c)(2) of the Act.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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