[House Document 108-69]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-69


 
 TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF 
           UNITA AND REVOCATION OF RELATED EXECUTIVE ORDERS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION TO TERMINATE THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO UNITA 
    AND TO LIFT THE SANCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO APPLY ECONOMIC 
                           PRESSURE ON UNITA




May 7, 2003.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee 
          on International Relations and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    Pursuant to section 202 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622, I hereby report that I 
have issued an Executive Order (the ``Order''), that terminates 
the national emergency described and declared in Executive 
Order 12865 of September 26, 1993, with respect to the actions 
and policies of the National Union for the Total Independence 
of Angola (UNITA) and revokes that order, Executive Order 13069 
of December 12, 1997, and Executive Order 13098 of August 18, 
1998.
    The Order will have the effect of lifting the sanctions 
imposed on UNITA in Executive Orders 12865, 13069, and 13098. 
These trade and financial sanctions were imposed to support 
international efforts to force UNITA to abandon armed conflict 
and return to the peace process outlined in the Lusaka 
Protocol, as reflected in United Nations Security Council 
Resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997), and 1173 (1998).
    The death of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in February 2002 
enabled the Angolan government and UNITA to sign the Luena 
Memorandum of Understanding on April 4, 2002. This agreement 
established an immediate cease-fire and called for UNITA's 
return to the peace process laid out in the 1994 Lusaka 
Protocol. In accordance therewith, UNITA quartered all its 
military personnel in established reception areas and handed 
its remaining arms over to the Angolan government. In September 
2002, the Angolan government and UNITA reestablished the Lusaka 
Protocol's Joint Commission to resolve outstanding political 
issues. On November 21, 2002, the Angolan government and UNITA 
declared the provisions of the Lusaka Protocol fully 
implemented and called for the lifting of sanctions on UNITA 
imposed by the United Nations Security Council.
    With the successful implementation of the Lusaka Protocol 
and the demilitarization of UNITA, the circumstances that led 
to the declaration of a national emergency on September 26, 
1993, have been resolved. The actions and policies of UNITA no 
longer pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
policy of the United States. United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1448 (2002) lifted the measures imposed pursuant to 
prior U.N. Security Council resolutions related to UNITA. The 
continuation of sanctions imposed by Executive Orders 12865, 
13069, and 13098 would have a prejudicial effect on the 
development of UNITA as an opposition political party, and 
therefore, on democratization in Angola. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to terminate the national 
emergency with respect to UNITA and to lift the sanctions that 
have been used to apply economic pressure on UNITA.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. 
This Order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on 
May 7, 2003.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, May 6, 2003.
                            Executive Order

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 Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of 
            UNITA and Revocation of Related Executive Orders

    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 5 of the United Nations 
Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) and 
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1448 of December 9, 
2002,
    I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of 
America, find that the situation that gave rise to the 
declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 12865 of 
September 26, 1993, with respect to the actions and policies of 
the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola 
(UNITA), and that led to the steps taken in that order and in 
Executive Order 13069 of December 12, 1997, and Executive Order 
13098 of August 18, 1998, has been significantly altered by the 
recent and continuing steps toward peace taken by the 
Government of Angola and UNITA. Accordingly, I hereby terminate 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12865, 
revoke Executive Orders, 12865, 13069, and 13098, and order:
    Section 1. Pursuant to section 202 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 
1622), termination of the national emergency with respect to 
the actions and policies of UNITA shall not affect any action 
taken or proceeding pending, not finally concluded or 
determined as of the effective date of this order, or any 
action or proceeding based on any act committed prior to the 
effective date of this order, or any rights or duties that 
matured or penalties that were incurred prior to the effective 
date of this order.
    Sec. 2. This order is not intended to, and does not, create 
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 
law or in equity by any party against the United States, or its 
departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, or 
agents.
    Sec. 3. (a) This order is effective 12:01 a.m. eastern 
daylight time on May 7, 2003.
    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and 
published in the Federal Register.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, May 6, 2003.

                                
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