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102 STAT. 2268-44
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988
102 STAT. 2268-44

102 STAT. 2268-44 President of U.S.

PUBLIC LAW 100-461—OCT. 1, 1988

(b) MAINTENANCE OF BALANCE.—Accordingly, the President shall ensure that, for each fiscal year, the ratio of— (1) the value of excess defense articles made available for Turkey under this section, to (2) the value of excess defense articles made available for Greece under this section, closely approximates the ratio of— (A) the amount of military assistance and financing provided for Turkey, to (B) the amount of military assistance and financing provided for Greece. (c) EXCEPTION TO REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (b) shall not apply if either Greece or Turkey ceases to be eligible to receive excess defense articles. DETENTION OF CHILDREN

SEC. 570. It is the sense of the Congress that the practice of detaining children without charge or trial is unjust, inhumane, and is an affront to civilized principles. The Congress further believes that it should be the policy of the United States to make the ending of the practice of detaining children without charge or trial a matter of the highest priority. Therefore, the Congress believes the Secretary of State should convey to all international organizations that ending the practice of detaining children without charge or trial should be a policy of the highest priority for those organizations. MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO MOZAMBIQUE

SEC. 571. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be used to provide military assistance to Mozambique. RELATIVELY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

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SEC. 572. During fiscal years 1990 and 1991, the President may use the authority of paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 124(c)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to such aggregate amounts of principal and interest payable during each of these fiscal years as the President may determine, or at any time after September 30, 1989, the President may, if he determines it is in the national interest to do so, use the authority of those paragraphs with respect to such aggregate amounts of outstanding principal and interest payable at any time after that date as the President may determine. The authority provided in this section may be exercised with respect to any country described in the last sentence of this section and may be exercised notwithstanding section 124(c)(2) of that Act. In exercising the authority provided in this section, the President may waive the requirement that equivalent amounts of local currencies be deposited into local currency accounts in accordance with paragraph (A) of section 124(c)(1) of that Act, to the extent that the President determines that sufficient local currencies are otherwise available to achieve development objectives. This section applies with respect to any relatively least developed country, or any country in SubSaharan Africa (without regard to whether that country is a relatively least developed country within the meaning of section 124(a) of that Act), if— (1) an International Monetary Fund standby agreement is in effect with respect to that country; or