[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 35909-35910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14947]


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                Notice of June 20, 2014

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect to North Korea

                On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order (E.O.) 13466, the 
                President declared a national emergency with respect to 
                North Korea pursuant to the International Emergency 
                Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with 
                the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
                security and foreign policy of the United States 
                constituted by the existence and risk of proliferation 
                of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean 
                Peninsula. The President also found that it was 
                necessary to maintain certain restrictions with respect 
                to North Korea that would otherwise have been lifted 
                pursuant to Proclamation 8271 of June 26, 2008, which 
                terminated the exercise of authorities under the 
                Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1-44) with 
                respect to North Korea.

                On August 30, 2010, I signed E.O. 13551, which expanded 
                the scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 
                13466 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat 
                to the national security, foreign policy, and economy 
                of the United States posed by the continued actions and 
                policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested 
                by its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking 
                of the Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the 
                deaths of 46 sailors in March 2010; its announced test 
                of a nuclear device and its missile launches in 2009; 
                its actions in violation of United Nations Security 
                Council (UNSC) Resolutions 1718 and 1874, including the 
                procurement of luxury goods; and its illicit and 
                deceptive activities in international markets through 
                which it obtains financial and other support, including 
                money laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and 
                currency, bulk cash smuggling, and narcotics 
                trafficking, which destabilize the Korean Peninsula and 
                imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners 
                in the region.

                On April 18, 2011, I signed E.O. 13570 to take 
                additional steps to address the national emergency 
                declared in E.O. 13466 and expanded in E.O. 13551 that 
                ensure the implementation of the import restrictions 
                contained in UNSC Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and 
                complement the import restrictions provided for in the 
                Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).

                The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-
                usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the 
                actions and policies of the Government of North Korea 
                continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
                the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
                the United States. For this reason, the national 
                emergency declared in E.O. 13466, expanded in scope in 
                E.O. 13551, and addressed further in E.O. 13570, and 
                the measures taken to deal with that national 
                emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 
                2014. 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 North Korea declared in E.O. 13466.

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

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    June 20, 2014.

[FR Doc. 2014-14947
Filed 6-23-14; 11:15 am]
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