[House Document 107-124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - -House Document 107-124
CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL UNION FOR
THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA (UNITA)
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL
UNION FOR THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA (UNITA) IS TO CONTINUE IN
EFFECT BEYOND SEPTEMBER 26, 2001, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
September 25, 2001.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C.
1622(d) provides for the automatic termination of a national
emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its
declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register
and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the
emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date.
In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed
notice, stating that the emergency declared with respect to the
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) is
to continue in effect beyond September 26, 2001.
The circumstances that led to the declaration on September
26, 1993, of a national emergency have not been resolved. The
actions and policies of UNITA pose a continuing unusual and
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United
States. United Nations Security Council Resolutions 864 (1993),
1127 (1997), and 1173 (1998) continue to oblige all member
states to maintain sanctions. Discontinuation of the sanctions
would have a prejudicial effect on the prospects for peace in
Angola. For these reasons, I have determined that it is
necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities necessary
to apply economic pressure on UNITA to reduce its ability to
pursue its military operations.
George W. Bush.
The White House, September 24, 2001.
Notice
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Continuation of Emergency With Respect to UNITA
In accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency declared by President Clinton on
September 26, 1993, by Executive Order 12865, to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the actions and policies of the
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
The order prohibits the sale or supply by United States persons
or from the United States, or using U.S. registered vessels or
aircraft, of arms, related materiel of all types, petroleum,
and petroleum products to the territory of Angola, other than
through designated points of entry. The order also prohibits
the sale or supply of such commodities to UNITA.
President Clinton took additional measures with respect to
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12865 by
issuing Executive Orders 13069 and 13098 on December 12, 1997,
and August 18, 1998, respectively. Those orders close all UNITA
offices in the United States, block all property and interests
in property of UNITA and designated UNITA officials and adult
members of their immediate families, prohibit the importation
of certain diamonds exported from Angola, and impose additional
sanctions with respect to the provision of mining and
transportation equipment and services.
Because of our continuing international obligations and the
prejudicial effect that discontinuation of the sanctions would
have on prospects for peace in Angola, the national emergency
declared on September 26, 1993, and the measures adopted
pursuant thereto to deal with that emergency, must continue in
effect beyond September 26, 2001. Therefore, I am continuing
the national emergency with respect to UNITA.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
George W. Bush.
The White House, September 24, 2001.