message, the ninth of its kind. February 6 – President Bush transmits the 1990 Economic Report in a message to Congress. February 9 – President Bush announces the nomination of Shirin Raziuddin Tahir-Kheli for Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations. February 9 – President Bush attends the presentation ceremony for the Flo Hyman Award in the Roosevelt Room during the morning. February 9 – President Bush announces the nomination of John J. Adair for Inspector General of the Resolution Trust Corporation. February 10 – In a statement, President Bush praises the decision by President de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela "as another significant step on the road to the nonracial, democratic South Africa which we all desire." February 12 – President Bush attends the morning welcoming ceremony for the President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso on the South Portico. February 13 – President Bush signs the American instrument for the ratification for the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. In a statement, President Bush calls the signing "one important step closer to placing in the hands of all signatory nations to this Convention a new and formidable weapon in our continued struggle against international drug traffickers." February 14 – President Bush signs the Urgent Assistance for Democracy in Panama Act of 1990 into law. President Bush says the legislation "will allow us to proceed expeditiously on Phase I of our plan to foster economic recovery in Panama." February 16 – President Bush issues a memorandum on the Federalism executive order to heads of executive departments and agencies. February 16 – President Bush signs the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 into law. President Bush says the legislation will authorize the "funding for the Department of State at a level sufficient to cover appropriations for this fiscal year." February 20 – President Bush announces the nomination of E. U. Curtis Bohlen for Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. February 20 – President Bush attends the presentation ceremony for the Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering in the ballroom of the State Department. "February 22 - President Bush issued a proclamation declaring the International Year of the Bible: The Bible has had a critical impact on the development of Western civilization. Western literature, art,