[House Document 104-189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
104th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 104-189
DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ANGOLA
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MESSAGE
FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TRANSMITTING
A REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS SINCE HIS LAST REPORT OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1995,
CONCERNING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ANGOLA, PURSUANT TO
50 U.S.C. 1641 (c) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703 (c)
March 25, 1996.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since
September 26, 1995, concerning the national emergency with
respect to Angola that was declared in Executive Order No.
12865 of September 26, 1993. This report is submitted pursuant
to section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C.
1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).
On September 26, 1993, I declared a national emergency with
respect to Angola, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.) and the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22
U.S.C. 287c). Consistent with United Nations Security Council
Resolution 864, dated September 15, 1993, the order prohibited
the sale or supply by United States persons or from the United
States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of arms
and related materiel of all types, including weapons and
ammunition, military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and
petroleum and petroleum products to the territory of Angola
other than through designated points of entry. The order also
prohibited such sale or supply to the National Union for the
Total Independence of Angola (``UNITA''). United States persons
are prohibited from activities that promote or are calculated
to promote such sales or supplies, or from attempted
violations, or from evasion or avoidance or transactions that
have the purpose of evasion or avoidance, of the stated
prohibitions. The order authorized the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to take
such actions, including the promulgation of rules and
regulations, as might be necessary to carry out the purposes of
the order.
1. On December 10, 1993, the Treasury Department's Office
of Foreign Assets Control (``FAC'') issued the UNITA (Angola)
Sanctions Regulations (the ``Regulations'') (58 Fed. Reg.
64904) to implement the President's declaration of a national
emergency and imposition of sanctions against Angola (UNITA).
There have been no amendments to the Regulations since my
report of September 18, 1995.
The Regulations prohibit the sale or supply by United
States persons or from the United States, or using U.S.-
registered vessels or aircraft, of arms and related materiel of
all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles,
equipment and spare parts, and petroleum and petroleum products
to UNITA or to the territory of Angola other than through
designated points. United States persons are also prohibited
from activities that promote or are calculated to promote such
sales or supplies to UNITA or Angola, or from any transaction
by any United States persons that evades or avoids, or has the
purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of
the prohibitions set forth in the Executive order. Also
prohibited are transactions by United States persons, or
involving the use of U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft,
relating to transportation to Angola or UNITA of goods the
exportation of which is prohibited.
The Government of Angola has designated the following
points of entry as points in Angola to which the articles
otherwise prohibited by the Regulations may be shipped:
Airports: Luanda and Katumbela, Benguela Province; Ports:
Luanda and Lobito, Benguela Province; and Namibe, Namibe
Province; and Entry Points: Malongo, Cabinda Province. Although
no specific license is required by the Department of the
Treasury for shipments to these designated points of entry
(unless the item is destined for UNITA), any such exports
remain subject to the licensing requirements of the Departments
of State and/or Commerce.
2. The FAC has worked closely with the U.S. financial
community to assure a heightened awareness of the sanctions
against UNITA--through the dissemination of publications,
seminars, and notices to electronic bulletin boards. This
educational effort has resulted in frequent calls from banks to
assure that they are not routing funds in violation of these
prohibitions. United States exporters have also been notified
of the sanctions through a variety of media, including special
fliers and computer bulletin board information initiated by FAC
and posted through the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S.
Government Printing Office. There have been no license
applications under the program.
3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the
6-month period from September 18, 1995, through March 25, 1996,
that are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and
authorities conferred by the declaration of a national
emergency with respect to Angola (UNITA) are reported to be
about $226,000, most of which represents wage and salary costs
for Federal personnel. Personnel costs were largely centered in
the Department of the Treasury (particularly in the Office of
Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Customs Service, the Office of
the Under Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the
General Counsel) and the Department of State (particularly the
Office of Southern African Affairs).
I will continue to report periodically to the Congress on
significant developments, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).
William J. Clinton.
The White House, March 25, 1996.