[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-230]


      

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Part V





The President





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Notice of January 2, 1997--Continuation of Libyan Emergency
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                Notice of January 2, 1997

                
Continuation of Libyan Emergency

                On January 7, 1986, by Executive Order No. 12543, 
                President Reagan declared a national emergency to deal 
                with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
                national security and foreign policy of the United 
                States constituted by the actions and policies of the 
                Government of Libya. On January 8, 1986, by Executive 
                Order No. 12544, the President took additional measures 
                to block Libyan assets in the United States. The 
                President has transmitted a notice continuing this 
                emergency to the Congress and the Federal Register 
                every year since 1986. The most recent notice appeared 
                in the Federal Register on January 5, 1996.

                The crisis between the United States and Libya that led 
                to the declaration of a national emergency on January 
                7, 1986, has not been resolved. The Government of Libya 
                has continued its actions and policies in support of 
                terrorism, despite the calls by the United Nations 
                Security Council, in Resolutions 731 (1992), 748 
                (1992), and 883 (1993), that it demonstrate by concrete 
                actions its renunciation of such terrorism. Such Libyan 
                actions and policies pose a continuing unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security and vital 
                foreign policy interests of the United States. For 
                these reasons, the national emergency declared on 
                January 7, 1986, and the measures adopted on January 7 
                and January 8, 1986, to deal with that emergency, must 
                continue in effect beyond January 7, 1997. Therefore, 
                in accordance with Section 202(d) of the National 
                Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing 
                the national emergency with respect to Libya. This 
                notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
                transmitted to the Congress.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 2, 1997.

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