[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 10 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Page 348]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Funding for International Organizations

March 4, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-08

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2002, (Public Law 107-115)

    Pursuant to section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, (Public Law 107-115), 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.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 7, 
2002]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on March 5, and it was published in the Federal Register on March 8.