[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 32 (Monday, August 14, 1995)]
[Pages 1425-1426]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Emerging Democracies

August 10, 1995

Presidential Determination No. 95-35

Memorandum for the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Agriculture

Subject: Presidential Determination Under Section 1542(f) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990, as Amended--Emerging 
Democracies

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1542(f) of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 5622 note) (hereinafter ``the Act''), I hereby determine that the 
following countries are taking the steps set forth in section 1542(f) of 
the Act to qualify as emerging democracies for purposes of that section:
      Albania, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, 
      Cambodia,

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      Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, the Former 
      Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Jordan, 
      Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, 
      Pakistan, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak 
      Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, 
      Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
    In making this determination, I have considered the eligibility only 
of those countries for which programs are underway or currently 
contemplated by the Department of Agriculture.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
determination in the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on August 11.