[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11127-S11128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO UNITA--
                   MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 58

  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

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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, 1999, 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 
prospect for peace in Angola. For these reasons, I have determined that 
it is necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to 
apply economic pressure on UNITA to reduce its ability to pursue its 
military campaigns.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 21, 1999.


        notice--continuation of emergency with respect to unita

  On September 26, 1993, by Executive Order 12865, I declared a 
national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and 
policies of the National Union of the Total Independence of Angola 
(UNITA), prohibiting the sale or supply by United States persons or 
from the United States, or using U.S. registered vessels or aircraft, 
or arms, related materiel of all types, petroleum, and petroleum 
products to the territory of Angola, other than through designated 
points of entry. The order also prohibits the sale or supply of such 
commodities to UNITA. On December 12, 1997, in order to take additional 
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 12865, I issued Executive Order 13069, closing all UNITA offices 
in the United States and imposing additional sanctions with regard to 
the sale or supply of aircraft or aircraft parts, the granting of take-
off, landing and overflight permission, and the provision of certain 
aircraft-related services. On August 18, 1998, in order to take further 
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 12865, I issued Executive Order 13098, blocking all property and 
interests in property of UNITA and designated UNITA officials and adult 
members of their immediate families, prohibiting the importation of 
certain diamonds exported from Angola, and imposing additional 
sanctions with regard to the sale or supply of equipment used in 
mining, motorized vehicles, watercraft, spare parts for motorized 
vehicles or watercraft, mining services, and ground or waterborne 
transportation services.
  Because of our continuing international obligations and because of 
the prejudicial effect that discontinuation of the sanctions would have 
on prospects for peace in Angola, the national emergency declared on 
September 26, 1993, and the measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal 
with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 26, 1999. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national 
emergency with respect to UNITA.
  This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 21, 1999.

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