[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1024-S1025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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    REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ORIGINALLY 
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 PROCESSES OR 
                           INSTITUTIONS--PM 6

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United

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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, 
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 processes 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 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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