[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H450-H451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO COTE D'IVOIRE--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-90)

  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, referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 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 to the 
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13396 of February 7, 
2006, with respect to the situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire 
is to continue in effect beyond February 7, 2010.
  The situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire, which has been 
addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1572 of 
November 15, 2004, and subsequent resolutions, has resulted in the 
massacre of large numbers of civilians, widespread human rights abuses, 
significant political violence and unrest, and fatal attacks against 
international peacekeeping forces. In March 2007, the Ouagadougou 
Political Agreement was signed by the two primary protagonists in Cote 
d'Ivoire's conflict. Although considerable progress has been made in 
implementing this agreement, the situation in or in relation to Cote 
d'Ivoire poses a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States.
  For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 
the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of 
certain persons contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
                                     The White House, February 2, 1010.
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                                 NOTICE

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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
                    OR IN RELATION TO COTE D'IVOIRE

  On February 7, 2006, by Executive Order 13396, the President declared 
a national emergency, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), to deal with the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States constituted by the situation in or in relation to Cote 
d'Ivoire and ordered related measures blocking the property of certain 
persons contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire. The situation in 
or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire, which has been addressed by the United 
Nations Security Council in Resolution 1572 of November 15, 2004, and 
subsequent resolutions, has resulted in the

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massacre of large numbers of civilians, widespread human rights abuses, 
significant political violence and unrest, and fatal attacks against 
international peacekeeping forces. Because the situation in or in 
relation to Cote d'Ivoire continues to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States, the national emergency declared on February 7, 2006, and 
the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must 
continue in effect beyond February 7, 2010. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13396.
  This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, February 2, 2010.

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