[House Document 113-14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-14


 
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
                                ZIMBABWE

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS 
AND POLICIES OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND OTHER 
PERSONS TO UNDERMINE ZIMBABWE'S DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS IS 
   TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 6, 2013, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
                                1622(d)






    March 4, 2013.--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 13288 
of March 6, 2003, with respect to the actions and policies of 
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons 
to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is 
to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2013.
    The crisis constituted by the actions and policies of 
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons 
to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions 
has not been resolved. 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 this national emergency and to 
maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, March 1, 2013.
                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
                                Zimbabwe

    On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President 
declared a national emergency and blocked the property of 
persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in 
Zimbabwe, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). He 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 
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons 
to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions. 
These actions and policies had contributed to the deliberate 
breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to politically 
motivated violence and intimidation in that country, and to 
political and economic instability in the southern African 
region.
    On November 22, 2005, the President issued Executive Order 
13391 to take additional steps with respect to the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 by ordering the 
blocking of the property of additional persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
    On July 25, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 
13469, which expanded the scope of the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13288 and ordered the blocking of 
the property of additional persons undermining democratic 
processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
    The actions and policies of these persons continue to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of 
the United States. For this reason, the national emergency 
declared on March 6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that 
date, on November 22, 2005, and on July 25, 2008, to deal with 
that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2013. 
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 13288.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, March 1, 2013.

                                  
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