[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NATIONAL UNION FOR 
  THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                             UNITED STATES

  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:

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 transmit 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, 2002, to the Federal Register 
for publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was 
published in the Federal Register on September 25, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 
49084).
  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), and 1173 (1998) continue 
to oblige all member states to maintain sanctions. Discontinuation of 
the sanctions would have a prejudicial effect on the prospects for 
peace in Angola. For these reasons, I have determined that it necessary 
to maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to apply economic 
pressure on UNITA to reduce its ability to pursue its military 
operations.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 23, 2002.

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