[House Document 110-121]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-121

 
                   CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY

                        WITH RESPECT TO BELARUS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BLOCKING 
    PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR 
 INSTITUTIONS IN BELARUS, AS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13405, IS TO 
 CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 16, 2008, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    June 9, 2008.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 to the Federal 
Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the 
national emergency and related measures blocking the property 
of certain persons undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Belarus are to continue in effect beyond June 
16, 2008.
    The actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Belarus and other persons pose a continuing 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. These actions include 
undermining democratic processes or institutions; committing 
human rights abuses related to political repression, including 
detentions and disappearances; and engaging in public 
corruption, including by diverting or misusing Belarusian 
public assets or by misusing public authority. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the 
national emergency and related measures blocking the property 
of certain persons undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Belarus.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, June 6, 2008.
                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions and 
  Policies of Certain Members of the Government of Belarus and Other 
  Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus

    On June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, I declared a 
national emergency and ordered related measures blocking the 
property of certain persons undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Belarus, 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 national security and foreign policy of the United 
States constituted by the actions and policies of certain 
members of the Government of Belarus and other persons that 
have undermined democratic processes or institutions; committed 
human rights abuses related to political repression, including 
detentions and disappearances; and engaged in public 
corruption, including by diverting or misusing Belarusian 
public assets or by misusing public authority.
    Because these actions and policies continue to pose an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency 
declared on June 16, 2006, and the measures adopted on that 
date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect 
beyond June 16, 2008. 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 declared in 
Executive Order 13405.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, June 6, 2008.

                                  
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