[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34503]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of the Secretary
[Public Notice 2950]


Determination on U.S. Bilateral Assistance to the Republika 
Srpska and Serbia

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 570 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted in P.L. 105-277 (``FOAA''), I 
hereby waive the application of Section 570 of the FOAA with regard to 
the following U.S. bilateral assistance programs:
    (1) In the Republika Srpska: support for civilian police 
restructuring; USIA programs promoting democratization, reconciliation, 
and free and independent media; the Municipal Infrastructure and 
Services Program of USAID, as well as its Bosnia Business Development, 
Economic Reform and Democratic Reform Programs; OSCE-supervised 
elections and human rights activities; and Trade and Development Agency 
(TDA) activities designed to assist U.S. businesses in Bosnia.
    (2) In Serbia: USIA- and USAID-funded programs to support 
democratic reform, including free and independent media and labor in 
Serbia; USIA- and USAID-funded programs to support humanitarian aid, 
reconstruction, technical assistance, infrastructure repair, and 
democratization in the province of Kosovo.
    I hereby determine that these U.S. bilateral assistance programs 
directly support the implementation of the Dayton Agreement and its 
Annexes.
    This Determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: December 16, 1998.
Madeleine K. Albright,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 98-34503 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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