For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 11, 2007
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Other Parts of Africa, and the West Bank and Gaza
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, including sections 2 and 4(a)(1) of the Migration and
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the "Act"), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601
and 2603) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code:
- I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it
is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the
Act, in an amount not to exceed $29.5 million from the United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for the purpose of
meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by
contributions to international, governmental, and non-governmental
organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of
Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related
to:
- humanitarian needs resulting from conflicts in Somalia, Sudan,
and Chad,
- breaks in the food pipeline for refugees in Africa, and in
the West Bank and Gaza; and
- the functions of the President in relation to this memorandum under
section 2(d) of the Act, and of establishing terms and conditions under
section 2(c)(1) of the Act, are assigned to you, and you may further
assign such functions to any of your subordinates.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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