Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995 / Sept. 5 referred to Tom Donahue, president, AFL–CIO; national Brotherhood of Teamsters; George J. Jack Henning, secretary-treasurer, California Kourpias, president, International Association of Labor Federation, AFL–CIO; John Sweeney, Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL–CIO; president, Service Employees International Judy Goff, president, and Owen Marron, sec- Union, AFL–CIO; Lenore Miller, president, Re- retary-treasurer, Central Labor Council of Ala- tail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, meda County, AFL–CIO; and Lon E. Bell, presi- AFL–CIO; Chuck Mack, secretary-treasurer, dent, Amerigon. Local 70, and president, Joint Council, Inter-

Statement on the Agreement Between and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia September 4, 1995

I welcome the decision by Prime Minister the Balkans and its steadfast support as a NATO Papandreou and President Gligorov to send ally. Greece is an important partner in the ongo- their Foreign Ministers to next week ing negotiations and in the critical military deci- to complete an agreement on steps to establish sions being taken within NATO. We will con- friendly relations between their two countries. tinue to consult closely with the Greek Govern- This courageous and visionary decision by both ment in the coming weeks. leaders is an extremely important step that will President Gligorov is dedicated to assuring support current efforts to bring peace and sta- that his new nation takes its rightful place in bility to the Balkans. It is the result of months the international community. The imminent of intensive diplomatic efforts by , completion of an agreement with Greece dem- the United Nations mediator, and by the Presi- dent’s Envoy, Matthew Nimetz, as well as meet- onstrates that significant progress has been ings today in Athens and Skopje by the negoti- made. I consider today’s announcement a major ating team lead by Assistant Secretary of State step toward peace and stability in the Balkans. Richard Holbrooke. It is my fervent hope that it will encourage In this context, I also welcome Greece’s the leaders of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia to strong support for the U.S. peace initiative in take further steps of their own toward peace.

Presidential Determination No. 95–39—Memorandum on Assistance to Rwanda September 1, 1995

Memorandum for the Administrator, U.S. Chapter 10 of Part I of the FAA and, in addi- Agency for International Development tion, up to $3 million of prior year funds, for assistance to Rwanda to support the establish- Subject: Determination to Allow DFA to be ment of the rule of law and promote the impar- used to Support Administration of Justice tial administration of justice, without regard to Activities in Rwanda any limitations contained in Section 660 of the Pursuant to the authority vested in me by FAA. Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act You are hereby authorized and directed to of 1961, as amended (FAA), I hereby determine report this determination to Congress and to that it is important to the security interests of publish it in the Federal Register. the to furnish up to $4 million of fiscal year 1995 funds made available for WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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