[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 35 (Monday, September 2, 2002)]
[Pages 1469-1470]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Refugee Assistance to the Office of the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees and to the International Committee of the 
Red Cross

August 30, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-29

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the 
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended

    Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that 
it is important to the national interest that up to $6.6 million be made 
available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund 
for contributions to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees and to the International Committee of the Red Cross to 
address unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs arising from the 
crisis in Liberia and from the return of refugees to Sierra Leone.
    You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate committees 
of the Congress of this determination and the obligation of funds under 
this authority, and to publish this determination in the Federal 
Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this memorandum.

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