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05 February 1999

TEXT: DESIGNATIONS UNDER THE IRAQ LIBERATION ACT OF 1998

(President designates democratic opposition organizations) (240)

Washington -- President Clinton February 5 forwarded to the Secretary
of State a Presidential Determination listing groups he has designated
as democratic opposition organizations, as called for under the Iraq
Liberation Act of 1998.

Following is the text of Presidential Determination No. 99-13:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
February 5, 1999
Presidential Determination
No. 99-13

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT:  Designations Under the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United
States, including under section 5 of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
(Public Law 105-338) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that each of the
following groups is a democratic opposition organization and that each
satisfies the criteria set forth in section 5(c) of the Act: the Iraqi
National Accord, the Iraqi National Congress, the Islamic Movement of
Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Movement for
Constitutional Monarchy, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and the
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. I hereby designate
each of these organizations as eligible to receive assistance under
section 4 of the Act.

You are authorized and directed to report this determination and
designation to the Congress and arrange for its publication in the
Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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