[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1324]



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Part V





The President





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Notice of January 16, 2003--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia
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                Notice of January 16, 2003

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect To Sierra Leone and Liberia

                On January 18, 2001, by Executive Order 13194, the 
                President declared a national emergency with respect to 
                Sierra Leone pursuant to the International Emergency 
                Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with 
                the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
                policy of the United States constituted by the actions 
                and policies of the insurgent Revolutionary United 
                Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone and pursuant to which the 
                United States imposed a general ban on the direct and 
                indirect importation of all rough diamonds from Sierra 
                Leone into the United States, except those imports 
                controlled through the Certificate of Origin regime of 
                the Government of Sierra Leone. On May 22, 2001, I 
                issued Executive Order 13213, which expanded the scope 
                of the national emergency to include actions of the 
                Government of Liberia in support of the RUF and 
                prohibited the importation of all rough diamonds from 
                Liberia.

                Because the actions and policies of the RUF continue to 
                pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
                policy of the United States, the national emergency 
                declared on January 18, 2001, as expanded on May 22, 
                2001, and the measures adopted on those dates to deal 
                with that emergency must continue in effect beyond 
                January 18, 2003. Therefore, in accordance with section 
                202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
                1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national 
                emergency with respect to Sierra Leone and Liberia.

                This Notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 16, 2003.

[FR Doc. 03-1324
Filed 1-16-03; 11:37 am]
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