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Memorandum Authorizing Support for United Nations War Crimes Tribunal 
Established With Regard to the Former Yugoslavia

August 17, 1999

Presidential Determination No. 99-35

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Commodities and 
Services for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal Established with 
Regard to the Former Yugoslavia

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United 
States, including section 554 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted in 
Public Law 105-277, I hereby:
(a)         determine that a drawdown of up to $5 million of commodities 
            and services from the inventory and resources of the 
            Department of Defense will contribute to a just resolution 
            of charges regarding genocide and other violations of 
            international humanitarian law; and
(b)         direct the drawdown, pursuant to section 552(c) of the 
            Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2348a 
            (the ``Act''), of up to $5 million in commodities and 
            services from the inventory and resources of the Department 
            of Defense for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal 
            established with regard to the former
            Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council, without 
            regard to the ceiling limitation contained in section 
            552(c)(2) of the Act.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton