[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 50 (Monday, December 18, 2000)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Emergency Military Assistance to the United Nations 
Mission in Sierra Leone

December 11, 2000

 Presidential Determination No. 2001-04

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Emergency Military 
Assistance to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), 
Countries Participating in UNAMSIL, and Other Countries Involved in 
Peacekeeping Efforts or Affiliated Coalition Operations With Respect to 
Sierra Leone

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a) (1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318 (a) (1) (A) 
(the ``Act''), I hereby determine that:
    (1) an unforeseen emergency exists that requires immediate military 
assistance to UNAMSIL, countries currently or in the future 
participating in UNAMSIL, and other countries involved in peacekeeping 
efforts or affiliated coalition operations with respect to Sierra Leone, 
including the Government of Sierra Leone, and
    (2) the emergency requirement cannot be met under the authority of 
the Arms Export Control Act or any other law except section 506(a) (1) 
of the Act.
    I therefore direct the drawdown of defense articles from the stocks 
of the Department of Defense, defense services from the Department of 
Defense, and military education and training of an aggregate value not 
to exceed $36 million to UNAMSIL and such countries to support 
peacekeeping efforts with respect to Sierra Leone.
    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

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on December 12 and was published in the Federal Register on December 18.