[House Document 108-168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-168

 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF 
PERSONS UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS IN ZIMBABWE ON 
   MARCH 6, 2003, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13288, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
          BEYOND MARCH 6, 2004, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    March 3, 2004.--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 to the Federal Register for publication. It states that 
the national emergency blocking the property of persons 
undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe is 
to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2004.
    The crisis caused by the actions and policies of certain 
members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to 
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions has 
not been resolved. These actions and policies pose a 
continuing, unusual, and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared on March 6, 2003, blocking the property of 
persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in 
Zimbabwe and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to 
this threat.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, March 2, 2004.
                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of Persons 
      Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

    On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, I declared a 
national emergency blocking the property of persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe, pursuant to 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706). I took this action to deal with the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States 
constituted by the actions and policies of certain members of 
the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine 
Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions, thus 
contributing to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in 
Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and intimidation in 
that country, and to political and economic instability in the 
southern African region.
    Because the actions and policies of these persons continue 
to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on 
March 6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that date to deal 
with that emergency must continue in effect beyond March 6, 
2004. Therefore, 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 blocking the property of 
persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in 
Zimbabwe.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, March 2, 2004.

                                
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