Memorandum on Assistance to Peacekeeping Efforts in Liberia

Presidential Determination No. 95-21

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Transfer of $3.0 Million in FY 1995 Economic Support Funds to the Peacekeeping Operations Account to Support African Peacekeeping Efforts in Liberia

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 610(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the "Act"), I hereby determine that it is necessary for the purposes of the Act that $3.0 million of funds made available under Chapter 4 of Part II of the Act, be transferred to, and consolidated with, funds made available for Peacekeeping Operations under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act.

I hereby authorize the use in fiscal year 1995 of the aforesaid $3.0 million in funds made available above under Chapter 4 of Part II of the Act to provide peacekeeping assistance to support the Economic Community of West African States Cease-Fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), as well as Tanzanian, Ugandan, and ECOMOG peacekeeping efforts in Liberia.

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination immediately to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

William J. Clinton