[House Document 111-58]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-58


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

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND RELATED MEASURES DEALING 
 WITH THE FORMER LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR ARE TO CONTINUE IN 
       EFFECT BEYOND JULY 22, 2009, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    July 17, 2009.--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 dealing with the former 
Liberian regime of Charles Taylor are to continue in effect 
beyond July 22, 2009.
    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, 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.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 16, 2009.
                                 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, the President 
declared a national emergency and ordered related measures, 
including the blocking of the property of certain persons 
connected to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor, 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701-1706). The President 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. The 
President 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.
    The actions and policies of Charles Taylor and others have 
left a legacy of destruction that continues 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, 2009. 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 13348.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 16, 2009.

                                  
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