[House Document 112-84]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-84


 
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
                    OR IN RELATION TO COTE D'IVOIRE

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO MEASURES 
 BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONFLICT 
  IN COTE D'IVOIRE ARE TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND FEBRUARY 7, 2012, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)






   February 3, 2012--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, within 90 days 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 declared in Executive Order 13396 
of February 7, 2006, with respect to the situation in or in 
relation to Cote d'Ivoire is to continue in effect beyond 
February 7, 2012.
    The situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire, which has 
been addressed by the United Nations Security Council in 
Resolution 1572 of November 15, 2004, and subsequent 
resolutions, has resulted in the massacre of large numbers of 
civilians, widespread human rights abuses, significant 
political violence and unrest, and fatal attacks against 
international peacekeeping forces. Since the inauguration of 
President Alassane Ouattara in May 2011, the Government of Cote 
d'Ivoire and its people have made significant advances in the 
promotion of democratic, social, and economic development. 
Although considerable progress has been made, the situation in 
or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire continues to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency and related measures under Executive Order 13396 of 
February 7, 2006, Blocking Property of Certain Persons 
Contributing to the Conflict in Cote d'Ivoire.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, February 3, 2012.
                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
                    or in Relation to Cote D'Ivoire

    On February 7, 2006, by Executive Order 13396, the 
President declared a national emergency, pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
1706), to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States 
constituted by the situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire 
and ordered related measures blocking the property of certain 
persons contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire. The 
situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire, which has been 
addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 
1572 of November 15, 2004, and subsequent resolutions, has 
resulted in the massacre of large numbers of civilians, 
widespread human rights abuses, significant political violence 
and unrest, and fatal attacks against international 
peacekeeping forces.
    While the Government of Cote d'Ivoire and its people 
continue to make significant progress, the situation in or in 
relation to Cote d'Ivoire continues to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on 
February 7, 2006, and the measures adopted on that date to deal 
with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond February 7, 
2012. 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 
13396.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, February 3, 2012.