[House Document 110-48]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 
                                                              110-48

 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER 
                   LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
   FORMER LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
          BEYOND JULY 22, 2007, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    July 24, 2007.--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 the enclosed 
notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the national emergency and related measures dealing with the 
former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor are to continue in 
effect beyond July 22, 2007.
    The actions and policies of former Liberian President 
Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful 
depletion of Liberian resources, their trafficking of illegal 
arms, and their formation of irregular militia, continue to 
undermine Liberia's transition to democracy and the orderly 
development of its political, administrative, and economic 
institutions and resources. These actions and policies continue 
to pose an 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 with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles 
Taylor.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, July 19, 2007.
                                 Notice

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   Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Former 
                   Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor

    On July 22, 2004, by Executive Order 13348, I declared a 
national emergency and ordered related measures, including the 
blocking of property of certain persons associated with the 
former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor, 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 former Liberian 
President Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular, 
their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their 
removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and 
property, which have undermined Liberia's transition to 
democracy and the orderly development of its political, 
administrative, and economic institutions and resources. I 
further noted that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed on 
August 18, 2003, and the related cease-fire had not yet been 
universally implemented throughout Liberia, and that the 
illicit trade in round logs and timber products was linked to 
the proliferation of and trafficking in illegal arms, which 
perpetuated the Liberian conflict and fueled and exacerbated 
other conflicts throughout West Africa.
    Today, Liberia is engaged in a peaceful transition to a 
democratic order under the administration of President Ellen 
Johnson-Sirleaf. The regulations implementing Executive Order 
13348, clarify that the subject of this national emergency has 
been and remains limited to the former Liberian regime of 
Charles Taylor and specified other persons and not the country, 
citizens, Government, or Central Bank of Liberia.
    Charles Taylor is today standing trial in The Hague by the 
Special Court for Sierra Leone. However, stability in Liberia 
is still fragile. The actions and policies of Charles Taylor 
and others have left a legacy of destruction that still has the 
potential to undermine Liberia's transformation and recovery.
    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 
July 22, 2004, and the measures adopted on that date to deal 
with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond July 22, 
2007. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the 
National Emergency Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 
1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13348.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, July 19, 2007.

                                  
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