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Memorandum on Somalia

February 01, 1994

Presidential Determination No. 94–14

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Provision of Assistance to Support the Reestablishment of Police Forces in Somalia

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(1) (the "Act"), I hereby:

(1) determine that it is important to the security interests of the United States to furnish up to $12 million under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act, from funds appropriated for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) for fiscal year 1994, for purposes of supporting efforts to reestablish police forces in Somalia, without regard to section 512 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–87), and sections 620(q) and 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2151et seq. ), or any other provision of law within the scope of section 614(a)(1) of the Act; and

(2) authorize the furnishing of such assistance.

You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

William J. Clinton

William J. Clinton, Memorandum on Somalia Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/218645

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