[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S566-S567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES

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     REPORT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  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 2

  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, 
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, 2023.
  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 the peace and security 
in the region.

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  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 1, 2023.

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