99-22780. Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Nonlethal Emergency Military Assistance to the States Participating in the Economic Community of West African States' Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Under Section 506(a)(l) of the Foreign Assistance ...

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                Presidential Determination No. 99-34 of August 13, 1999

                
Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of 
                Nonlethal Emergency Military Assistance to the States 
                Participating in the Economic Community of West African 
                States' Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Under Section 
                506(a)(l) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
                Amended

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the 
                Secretary of Defense

                Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 
                506(a)(l) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
                amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) (the ``Act''), I hereby 
                determine that:

                (1) an unforeseen emergency exists that requires 
                immediate military assistance to states currently 
                participating in, and to states that may in the future 
                participate in, ECOMOG; 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.

                Therefore, I direct the drawdown from the inventory and 
                resources of the Department of Defense of an aggregate 
                value not to exceed $3 million in defense articles from 
                the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense 
                services of the Department of Defense, and military 
                education and training, to provide drawdown assistance 
                to the states currently participating (Nigeria, Ghana, 
                Sierra Leone, Mali, and Guinea), and to those states 
                that in the future may participate, in ECOMOG to 
                enhance ECOMOG's capabilities to participate in efforts 
                to restore peace and security in 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.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, August 13, 1999.

[FR Doc. 99-22780
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