[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28393]


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                Presidential Determination No. 96-55 of September 30, 
                1996

                
Determination To Authorize the Furnishing of Non-
                Lethal Emergency Military Assistance to the States 
                Participating in the Economic Community of West African 
                States' Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) Under Section 
                506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
                Amended

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the 
                Secretary of Defense

                Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 
                506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
                amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) (``the Act''), I hereby 
                determine that:

                    (1) an unforeseen emergency exists which requires 
                immediate military assistance to states currently 
                participating in, and to states which may in the future 
                participate in, ECOMOG; and
                    (2) the emergency requirement cannot be met under 
                the authority of the Arms Export Control Act or any 
                other law except section 506 of the Act.

                I therefore direct the drawdown from the inventory and 
                resources of the Department of Defense of an aggregate 
                value not to exceed $5 million in defense articles from 
                the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense 
                services of the Department of Defense and military 
                education and training to provide assistance to the 
                states currently participating (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra 
                Leone, Mali and Guinea), and for those states that may 
                in the future participate, in ECOMOG to enhance 
                ECOMOG's peacekeeping capabilities to bring about a 
                peaceful solution to the crisis in Liberia.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, September 30, 1996.

[FR Doc. 96-28393
Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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