    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 22 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
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    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Assistance for Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone

    May 31, 2000

    Presidential Determination No. 2000-20

    Memorandum for the Secretary of State

    Subject: Presidential Determination on Assistance for Peacekeeping in
    Sierra Leone

        Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President, including under
    section 10(d)(1) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as
    amended (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) (the ``Act''), I hereby determine that
    the furnishing, without regard to section 10(a) of the Act, of
    assistance covered by section 10 of the Act that is provided in support
    of peacekeeping efforts in Sierra Leone is important to the security
    interests of the United States.
        You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the
    Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on June 1.