[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS DECLARED 
   IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13396 ON FEBRUARY 7, 2006, WITH RESPECT TO THE 
          SITUATION IN OR IN RELATION TO COTE D'IVOIRE--PM 44

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States 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, 
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 13396 of February 7, 
2006, with respect to the situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire 
is to continue in effect beyond February 7, 2010.
  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 fatal attacks against 
international peacekeeping forces. In March 2007, the Ouagadougou 
Political Agreement was signed by the two primary protagonists in Cote 
d'Ivoire's conflict. Although considerable progress has been made in 
implementing this agreement, the situation in or in relation to Cote 
d'Ivoire poses a 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.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, February 2, 2010.

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