[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7907-H7908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ANGOLA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
               OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-135)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed:


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To the Congress of the United States:
  I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since my last 
report of April 4, 1997, concerning the national emergency with respect 
to Angola that was declared in Executive Order 12865 of September 26, 
1993. This report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the 
National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).
  On September 26, 1993, I declared a national emergency with respect 
to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (``UNITA''), 
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the United Nations 
Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c). Consistent with United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 864, dated September 15, 1993, the 
order prohibited the sale or supply by United States persons or from 
the United States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of 
arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and 
ammunition, military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and petroleum 
and petroleum products to the territory of Angola other than through 
designated points of entry. The order also prohibited such sale or 
supply to UNITA. United States persons are prohibited from activities 
that promote or are calculated to promote such sales or supplies, or 
from attempted violations, or from evasion or avoidance or transactions 
that have the purpose of evasion or avoidance of the stated 
prohibitions. The order authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to take such actions, 
including the promulgation of rules and regulations, as might be 
necessary to carry out the purposes of the order.
  1. On December 10, 1993, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign 
Assets Control (OFAC) issued the UNITA (Angola) Sanctions Regulations 
(the ``Regulations'') (58 Fed. Reg. 64904) to implement my declaration 
of a national emergency and imposition of sanctions against UNITA. The 
Regulations prohibit the sale or supply by United States persons or 
from the United States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, 
of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and 
ammunition, military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and petroleum 
and petroleum products to UNITA or to the territory of Angola other 
than through designated points of entry. United States persons are also 
prohibited from activities that promote or are calculated to promote 
such sales or supplies to UNITA or Angola, or from any transaction by 
any United States persons that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of 
evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions 
set forth in the Executive order. Also prohibited are transactions by 
United States persons, or involving the use of U.S.-registered vessels 
or aircraft, relating to transportation to Angola or UNITA of goods the 
exportation of which is prohibited.
  The Government of Angola has designated the following points of entry 
as points in Angola to which the articles otherwise prohibited by the 
Regulations may be shipped: Airports: Luanda and Katumbela, Benguela 
Province; Ports: Luanda and Lobito, Benuela Province; and Namibe, 
Namibe Province; and Entry Points: Malongo, Cabinda Province. Although 
no specific license is required by the Department of the Treasury for 
shipments to these designated points of entry (unless the item is 
destined for UNITA), any such exports remain subject to the licensing 
requirements of the Departments of State and/or Commerce.
  There has been one amendment to the Regulations since my report of 
April 3, 1997. The UNITA (Angola) Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 
590, were amended on August 25, 1997. General reporting, recordkeeping, 
licensing, and other procedural regulations were moved from the 
Regulations to a separate part (31 CFR Part 501) dealing solely with 
such procedural matters. (62 Fed. Reg. 45098, August 25, 1997). A copy 
of the amendment is attached.
  2. The OFAC has worked closely with the U.S. financial community to 
assure a heightened awareness of the sanctions against UNITA--through 
the dissemination of publications, seminars, and notices to electronic 
bulletin boards. This educational effort has resulted in frequent calls 
from banks to assure that they are not routing funds in violation of 
these prohibitions. United States exporters have also been notified of 
the sanctions through a variety of media, including via the Internet, 
Fax-on-Demand, special fliers, and computer bulletin board information 
initiated by OFAC and posted through the U.S. Department of Commerce 
and the U.S. Government Printing Office. There have been no license 
applications under the program since my last report.
  3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-month 
period from March 26, 1997, through September 25, 1997, that are 
directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities 
conferred by the declaration of a national emergency with respect to 
UNITA are approximately $50,000, most of which represent wage and 
salary costs for Federal personnel. Personnel costs were largely 
centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly in the Office 
of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Customs Service, the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the General Counsel) 
and the Department of State (particularly the Office of Southern 
African Affairs).
  I will continue to report periodically to the Congress on significant 
developments, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 24, 1997.

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