[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H4872-H4873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER 
 LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                  UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 112-124)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message

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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, 
within 90 days 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 the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication 
stating that the national emergency and related measures dealing with 
the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor are to continue in effect 
beyond July 22, 2012.
  Although Liberia has made advances to promote democracy, and the 
Special Court for Sierra Leone recently convicted Charles Taylor for 
war crimes and crimes against humanity, the actions and policies of 
former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in 
particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their 
removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property, 
could still challenge Liberia's efforts to strengthen its democracy and 
the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic 
institutions and resources. These actions and policies continue to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United 
States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency with respect to the former Liberian 
regime of Charles Taylor.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, July 17, 2012.

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