[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1038-H1039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 117-20)

  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, 
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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice 
stating that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 
of March 6, 2003, with respect to the actions and policies of certain 
members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine 
Zimbabwe's democratic proceses or institutions is to continue in effect 
beyond March 6, 2021.
  President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not made the necessary political and 
economic reforms that would warrant terminating the existing targeted 
sanctions program. Throughout the last year, government security 
services routinely intimidated and violently repressed citizens, 
including members of opposition political parties, union members, and 
journalists. The absence of progress on the most fundamental reforms 
needed to ensure the rule of law, democratic governance, and the 
protection of human rights leaves Zimbabweans vulnerable to ongoing 
repression and presents a continuing threat to peace and security in 
the region.
  The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of 
Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes 
or institutions continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined 
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13288, as amended, with respect to

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Zimbabwe and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this 
threat.

                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, March 2, 2021.

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