[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPORT OF THE NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE EMERGENCY WITH 
          RESPECT TO UNITA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 68

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

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, stating that the emergency declared with respect to 
the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (``UNITA'') is 
to continue in effect beyond September 26, 1997, to the Federal 
Register for publication.
  The circumstances that led to the declaration on September 26, 1993, 
of a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions and 
policies of UNITA pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the foreign policy of the United States. United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 864 (1993) continues to oblige all Member States to 
maintain sanctions. Discontinuation of the sanctions would have a 
prejudicial effect on the Angolan peace process. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the broad 
authorities necessary to apply economic pressure to UNITA to reduce its 
ability to pursue its aggressive policies of territorial acquisition.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 24, 1997.

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