[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3076-3077]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUING NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH REGARD TO COTE D'IVOIRE--MESSAGE 
      FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-11)

  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, without objection, 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, 
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 blocking the property of 
certain persons contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire are to 
continue in effect beyond February 7, 2007.
  The situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire, which has been 
addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1572 of 
November 15, 2004, and subsequent resolutions, has resulted in the 
massacre of large numbers of civilians, widespread human rights abuses, 
significant political violence and unrest, and attacks against 
international peacekeeping forces leading to fatalities. This situation 
poses a

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continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security 
and foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency and 
related measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing 
to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, February 5, 2007.

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