    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [September 26, 1993]
    [Pages 1611-1612]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on the National Emergency With Respect to UNITA
    September 26, 1993

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Pursuant to section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic
    Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. section 1703(b), and section 301 of the National
    Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. section 1631, I hereby report that I have
    exercised my statutory

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    authority to declare a national emergency with respect to the actions
    and policies of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
    (``UNITA'') and to issue an Executive order prohibiting the sale or
    supply to Angola, other than through designated points of entry, or to
    UNITA, of arms and related materiel and petroleum and petroleum
    products, regardless of their origin, and activities that promote or are
    calculated to promote such sale or supply. These actions are mandated in
    part by United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 864 of September
    15, 1993.
        The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations in
    exercise of my authorities under the International Emergency Economic
    Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act, 22 U.S.C. section
    287c, to implement these prohibitions. All Federal agencies are also
    directed to take actions within their authority to carry out the
    provisions of the Executive order.
        I am enclosing a copy of the Executive order that I have issued. The
    order was effective immediately upon its signature on September 26,
    1993.
        I have authorized these measures in response to the actions and
    policies of UNITA in continuing military actions, repeated attempts to
    seize additional territory, and failure to withdraw its troops from the
    locations that it has occupied since the resumption of hostilities, in
    repeatedly attacking United Nations personnel working to provide
    humanitarian assistance, in holding foreign nationals against their
    will, in refusing to accept the results of the democratic elections held
    in Angola in 1992, and in failing to abide by the ``Acordos de Paz.''
    The actions of UNITA constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to
    the foreign policy of the United States.
        On September 15, 1993, the United Nations Security Council adopted
    Resolution No. 864, condemning the activities of UNITA and demanding
    that UNITA accept unreservedly the results of the democratic election of
    September 30, 1992, and abide fully by the ``Acordos de Paz.'' The
    resolution decides that all states are required to prevent the sale or
    supply of arms and related materiel and petroleum and petroleum products
    to Angola, other than through named points of entry specified by the
    Government of Angola. The measures we are taking express our outrage at
    UNITA's continuing hostilities and failure to abide by the outcome of
    Angola's democratic election.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    September 26, 1993.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    September 27. The Executive order is listed in Appendix D at the end of
    this volume.