[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 27 (Monday, March 1, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S857]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 
     RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE 
   GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND OTHER PERSONS TO UNDERMINE ZIMBABWE'S 
              DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS--PM 48

  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 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 with respect to the actions and policies of certain 
members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine 
Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in 
effect beyond March 6, 2010.
  The crisis constituted by the actions and policies of certain members 
of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's 
democratic processes or institutions has not been resolved. These 
actions and policies continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue this national 
emergency and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this 
threat.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, February 26, 2010.

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