[House Document 105-135]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 1st Session  - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-135


 
 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 APRIL 4, 1997, 
   CONCERNING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ANGOLA THAT WAS 
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12865 OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, PURSUANT TO 50 
                             U.S.C. 1703(c)





 September 26, 1997.--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 
my last report of April 4, 1997, concerning the national 
emergency with respect to Angola that was declared in Executive 
Order 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 the National Union for the Total Independence of 
Angola (``UNITA''), 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 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 (OFAC) issued the UNITA (Angola) 
Sanctions Regulations (the ``Regulations'') (58 Fed. Reg. 
64904) to implement my declaration of a national emergency and 
imposition of sanctions against UNITA. The Regulationsprohibit 
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 of entry. 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, Benuela 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.
    There has been one amendment to the Regulations since my 
report of April 3, 1997. The UNITA (Angola) Sanctions 
Regulations, 31 CFR Part 590, were amended on August 25, 1997. 
General reporting, recordkeeping, licensing, and other 
procedural regulations were moved from the Regulations toa 
separate part (31 CFR Part 501) dealing solely with such procedural 
matters. (62 Fed. Reg. 45098, August 25, 1997). A copy of the amendment 
is attached.
    2. The OFAC 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 via the 
Internet, Fax-on-Demand, special fliers, and computer bulletin 
board information initiated by OFAC 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 since 
my last report.
    3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 
6-month period from March 26, 1997, through September 25, 1997, 
that are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and 
authorities conferred by the declaration of a national 
emergency with respect to UNITA are approximately $50,000, most 
of which represent 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, September 24, 1997.




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