[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 35093-35094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15054]



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Vol. 76

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No. 115

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Part III





The President





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Notice of June 14, 2011--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to the Actions and Policies of Certain Members of the 
Government of Belarus and Other Persons To Undermine Belarus Democratic 
Processes or Institutions
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 The President

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                Notice of June 14, 2011

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect to the Actions and Policies of Certain Members 
                of the Government of Belarus and Other Persons To 
                Undermine Belarus Democratic Processes or Institutions

                On June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, the 
                President declared a national emergency and ordered 
                related measures blocking the property of certain 
                persons undermining democratic processes or 
                institutions in Belarus, pursuant to the International 
                Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). 
                The President took this action 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 certain members of the 
                Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine 
                Belarus democratic processes or institutions; to commit 
                human rights abuses related to political repression, 
                including detentions and disappearances; and to engage 
                in public corruption, including by diverting or 
                misusing Belarusian public assets or by misusing public 
                authority.

                The flawed December 2010 Presidential election in 
                Belarus and its aftermath--the harsh violence against 
                peaceful demonstrators; the continuing detention, 
                prosecution, and imprisonment of opposition 
                Presidential candidates and others; and the continuing 
                repression of independent media and civil society 
                activists--all show that the Government of Belarus has 
                taken steps backward in the development of democratic 
                governance and respect for human rights.

                The actions and policies of the Government of Belarus 
                and other persons continue to pose an unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security and 
                foreign policy of the United States. Accordingly, the 
                national emergency declared on June 16, 2006, and the 
                measures adopted on that date to deal with that 
                emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 16, 
                2011. 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 declared 
                in Executive Order 13405.

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                This notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     June 14, 2011.

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