For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 25, 2004
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination No. 2004-24
SUBJECT: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1)
of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended
Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that
it is important to the national interest that up to $20 million be made
available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
as a contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to address unexpected,
urgent refugee needs in the West Bank and Gaza.
You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate
committees of the Congress of this determination and the obligation of
funds under this authority, and to arrange for the publication of this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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