The authority in this amendment does two things: First. it provides assistance to the election process. In small sums. such aid could be very useful in the technical preparation for the election and the building of institutions for a postelection Angola. Second. the amendment authorizes assistance for refugees. the demobilization of both MPLA and UNITA troops. the provision of medical aid. and the implementation of the Angola peace accords. I am supporting this authority language because I view it as the first step in our efforts to convert our entire assistance program to Angola to an overt program. I had intended to offer an amendment to this bill which would have changed our nonlethal aid program to UNITA from a covert to an overt one.
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