Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2023

March 29, 2023

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 13664 of April 3, 2014, with respect to South Sudan is to continue in effect beyond April 3, 2023.

The situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13664 with respect to South Sudan.

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

The White House, March 29, 2023.

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this message.

Categories: Communications to Congress : South Sudan, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation.

Subjects: South Sudan, human rights issues; South Sudan, political unrest and violence; South Sudan, U.S. national emergency continuation.

DCPD Number: DCPD202300246.

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