[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 12 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Page 531]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Funds for International Financial Institutions and 
Organizations

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

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on March 20.