[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO UNITA--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-315)

  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:
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, 1998, 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 Resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997), 1173 (1998), and 1176 
(1998) continue 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 23, 1998.

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