[House Document 117-97]
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117th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-97
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE,
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13288 OF MARCH 6, 2003, IS TO CONTINUE IN
EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 6, 2022, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW
94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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March 3, 2022.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
29-011 WASHINGTON : 2022
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, 2022.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not made the necessary
political and economic reforms that would warrant terminating
the existing targeted sanctions program. Throughout the last
year, government security services routinely intimidated and
violently repressed citizens, including members of opposition
political parties, union members, and journalists. The absence
of progress on the most fundamental reforms needed to ensure
the rule of law, democratic governance, and the protection of
human rights leaves Zimbabweans vulnerable to ongoing
repression and presents a continuing threat to peace and
security in the region.
The actions and policies of certain members of the
Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine
Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions continue to
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy
of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13288, as amended, with respect to Zimbabwe and
to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, March 3, 2022.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe
On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President
declared a national emergency and blocked the property of
certain persons, pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), 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 authorized the blocking
of the property of additional persons undermining democratic
processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
The actions and policies of certain members of the
Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine
Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions 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, 2022.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. l622(d)), I am continuing for l year
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, March 3, 2022.
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