[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H3708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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 TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF 
  UNITA AND REVOCATION OF RELATED EXECUTIVE ORDERS--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 108-69)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bass) 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:
  Pursuant to section 202 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622, I hereby report that I have issued an 
Executive Order (the ``Order''), that terminates the national emergency 
described and declared in Executive Order 12865 of September 26, 1993, 
with respect to the actions and policies of the National Union for the 
Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and revokes that order, Executive 
Order 13069 of December 12, 1997, and Executive Order 13098 of August 
18, 1998.
  The Order will have the effect of lifting the sanctions imposed on 
UNITA in Executive Orders 12865, 13069, and 13098. These trade and 
financial sanctions were imposed to support international efforts to 
force UNITA to abandon armed conflict and return to the peace process 
outlined in the Lusaka Protocol, as reflected in United Nations 
Security Council Resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997), and 1173 (1998).
  The death of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in February 2002 enabled the 
Angolan government and UNITA to sign the Luena Memorandum of 
Understanding on April 4, 2002. This agreement established an immediate 
cease-fire and called for UNITA's return to the peace process laid out 
in the 1994 Lusaka Protocol. In accordance therewith, UNITA quartered 
all its military personnel in established reception areas and handed 
its remaining arms over to the Angolan government. In September 2002, 
the Angolan government and UNITA reestablished the Lusaka Protocol's 
Joint Commission to resolve outstanding political issues. On November 
21, 2002, the Angolan government and UNITA declared the provisions of 
the Lusaka Protocol fully implemented and called for the lifting of 
sanctions on UNITA imposed by the United Nations Security Council.
  With the successful implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and the 
demilitarization of UNITA, the circumstances that led to the 
declaration of a national emergency on September 26, 1993, have been 
resolved. The actions and policies of UNITA no longer pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1448 (2002) lifted the 
measures imposed pursuant to prior U.N. Security Council resolutions 
related to UNITA. The continuation of sanctions imposed by Executive 
Orders 12865, 13069, and 13098 would have a prejudicial effect on the 
development of UNITA as an opposition political party, and therefore, 
on democratization in Angola. For these reasons, I have determined that 
it is necessary to terminate the national emergency with respect to 
UNITA and to lift the sanctions that have been used to apply economic 
pressure on UNITA.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. This 
Order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 7, 2003.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, May 6, 2003.

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