[House Document 106-296]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-296 


 
 SIX MONTH PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
        THE NATIONAL UNION FOR THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 
  TO THE NATIONAL UNION FOR THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA (UNITA) 
  THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12865 OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(c)




 September 25, 2000.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
79-011                     WASHINGTON : 2000


To the Congress of the United States:
    As required by 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), I transmit 
herewith a 6-month periodic report on the national emergency 
with respect to the National Union for the Total Independence 
of Angola (UNITA) that was declared in Executive Order 12865 of 
September 26, 1993.
                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, September 26, 2000.
 President's Periodic Report on the National Emergency With Respect to 
    the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)

    I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since 
my last report of March 27, 2000, concerning the national 
emergency with respect to UNITA 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 (``UNSCR'') 864, dated September 15, 1993, the order 
prohibited the sale or supply by U.S. 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. U.S. persons are 
prohibited from activities which 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, 31 C.F.R. part 590 (the ``Regulations'') 
(58 Fed. Reg. 64904), to implement Executive Order 12865.
    On August 28, 1997, the United Nations Security Council 
adopted UNSCR 1127, expressing its grave concern at the serious 
difficulties in the peace process, demanding that the 
Government of Angola and in particular UNITA comply fully and 
completely with those obligations, and imposing additional 
sanctions against UNITA. Subsequently, on September 29, 1997, 
the Security Council adopted UNSCR 1130 postponing the 
effectivedate of measures specified by UNSCR 1127 until 12:01 
a.m. EST, October 30, 1997.
    On December 12, 1997, I issued Executive Order 1309 to 
implement in the United States the provisions of UNSCRs 1127 
and 1130 (62 Fed. Reg. 65989, December 16, 1997), placing 
additional sanctions on UNITA. Effective 12:01 a.m. EST on 
December 15, 1997, Executive Order 13069 closed all UNITA 
offices in the United States and prohibited various aircraft-
related transactions. Specifically, section 2(a) of Executive 
Order 13069 prohibits the sale, supply, or making available in 
any form by U.S. persons, or from the United States or using 
U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of aircraft or aircraft 
components, regardless of their origin, to the territory of 
Angola, other than through designated points of entry, or to 
UNITA. Section 2(b) prohibits the insurance, engineering, or 
servicing of UNITA aircraft by U.S. persons or from the United 
States. Section 2(c) prohibits the granting of take-off, 
landing, or overflight permission to any aircraft on flights or 
continuations of flights to or from the territory of Angola 
other than to or from designated places in Angola. Section 2(d) 
prohibits the provision of engineering and maintenance 
servicing, the certification of airworthiness, the payment of 
new insurance claims against existing insurance contracts, and 
the provision, renewal, or making available of direct insurance 
by a U.S. person or from the United States with respect to any 
aircraft registered in Angola, except designated aircraft, and 
with respect to any aircraft that has entered the territory of 
Angola other than through designated points of entry.
    On August 18, 1998, I issued Executive Order 13098 (63 Fed. 
Reg. 44771, August 20, 1998), placing further sanctions on 
UNITA, taking into account the provisions of United Nations 
Security Council Resolutions 1173 of June 12, 1998, and 1176 of 
June 24, 1998. These additional sanctions went into effect at 
12:01 a.m. EDT on August 19, 1998. Section 1 of Executive Order 
13098 blocks all property and interests is property of UNITA, 
designated senior UNITA officials, and designated adult members 
of their immediate families if the property or property 
interests are in the United States, hereafter come within the 
United States, or are or hereafter come within the possession 
or control of U.S. persons. Section 2 of Executive Order 13098 
prohibits the importation into the United States of all 
diamonds exported from Angola that are not controlled through 
the Certificate of Origin regime of the Angolan Government of 
Unity and National Reconciliation (the ``GURN''). Section 2 
also prohibits the sale or supply by U.S. persons or from the 
United States or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft of 
equipmentused in mining, and of motorized vehicles, watercraft, 
or spare parts for motorized vehicles or watercraft, regardless of 
origin, to the territory of Angola other than through a designated 
point of entry. Finally, section 2 prohibits the sale or supply by U.S. 
persons or from the United States or using U.S.-registered vessels or 
aircraft of mining services or ground or waterborne transportation 
services, regardless of their origin, to persons in designated areas of 
Angola to which the GURN's State administration has not been extended.
    On June 25, 1999, pursuant to Executive Order 13098, OFAC 
amended Appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V, which contains the 
names of blocked persons, specially designated nationals, 
specially designated terrorists, foreign terrorist 
organizations, and specially designated narcotics traffickers 
designated pursuant to the various sanctions programs 
administered by OFAC. The amendment adds to Appendix A the 
names of 10 individuals who have been determined to be senior 
officials of UNITA (64 Fed. Reg. 34991, June 30, 1999). All 
property and interests in property of these individuals that 
are in the United States, that come within the United States, 
or that come within the control of U.S. persons are blocked. 
All transactions by U.S. persons or within the United States in 
property or interests in property of these individuals are 
prohibited unless licensed by OFAC.
    On August 12, 1999, OFAC amended the Regulations to 
implement Executive Orders 13069 and 13098 and to make 
technical and conforming changes (64 Fed. Reg. 43924, August 
12, 1999). Since the amendments are extensive, Part 590 was 
reissued in its entirety. Additional prohibitions, definitions, 
interpretive sections, general licenses, and appendices were 
added to the Regulations to reflect the new sanctions imposed 
in Executive Orders 13069 and 13098, and certain existing 
prohibitions were renumbered. Five new appendices were added to 
the Regulations.
    2. There have been no amendments to the UNITA (Angola) 
Sanctions Regulations since my last report.
    3. OFAC has worked closely with the U.S. financial and 
exporting communities to assure a heightened awareness of the 
sanctions against UNITA--through the dissemination of 
publications, seminars, and 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. No UNITA bank accounts have been identified in 
U.S. banks. There have been two recent attempts to transfer 
small amounts of funds in which UNITA clearly had an interest; 
both transfers were blocked. In the previous reporting period a 
U.S. financial institution refused to process a suspect 
transaction. No licenses have been issued under the program 
since my last report.
    4. The expenses incurred by the federal government in the 
six-month period from March 26 through September 2, 2000 that 
are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and 
authorities conferred by the declaration of a national 
emergency with respect to UNITA are estimated at about 
$100,000, 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 Departments of State (particularly the 
Office of Southern African Affairs) and Commerce.
    I will continue to report periodically to the Congress on 
significant developments, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).

                                  
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