[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 14, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3770-S3771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13405 OF JUNE 16, 2006, WITH 
                       RESPECT TO BELARUS--PM 10

  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 and related measures blocking the property of 
certain persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in 
Belarus are to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2011.
  The flawed December 2010 Presidential election in Belarus and its 
aftermath--the harsh violence against peaceful demonstrators; the 
continuing detention, prosecution, and imprisonment of opposition 
Presidential candidates and others; and the continuing repression of 
independent media and civil society activists--all show that the 
Government of Belarus has taken steps backward in the development of 
democratic governance and respect for human rights. The actions and 
policies of the Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine 
Belarus democratic processes or institutions,

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to commit human rights abuses related to political repression, and to 
engage in public corruption pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared to deal with this threat and 
the related measures blocking the property of certain persons.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 14, 2011.

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