Memorandum on Assistance for the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) To Support the ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Peacekeeping Operation in Liberia

Presidential Determination No. 91-14

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2261), I hereby authorize the use of up to $2.8 million in funds made available under Chapter 4 of Part II of the Act in Fiscal Year 1987 for assistance to ECOWAS to support the ECOMOG peacekeeping operation in Liberia and its related political and humanitarian activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law.

You are requested to report this Determination immediately to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations. You are authorized and directed to publish this Determination in the Federal Register.

GEORGE BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, January 7, 1991.