[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 4 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Funding for International Financial Institutions and Other 
International Organizations and Programs

January 28, 1999

Presidential Determination No. 99-11

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, Public Law 105-277)

    Pursuant to section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in the 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999, Public Law 105-277), 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 message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
January 29.