[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.

                                
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