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Memorandum on Funding of International Financial Institutions and Other 
International Organizations

January 28, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-12

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1998 (Public Law 105-118)

    Pursuant to section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118), 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 of the United States.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton