[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book I)]
[June 21, 1994]
[Pages 1113-1114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress on Additional Economic Sanctions Against Haiti
June 21, 1994

To the Congress of the United States:
    On October 4, 1991, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (``IEEPA'') (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and section 301 of the 
National Emergencies Act (``NEA'') (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), President 
Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 
12775, declaring a national emergency and blocking Haitian government 
property.
    On October 28, 1991, pursuant to the above authorities, President 
Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 
12779, blocking certain property of and prohibiting certain transactions 
with Haiti.
    On June 30, 1993, pursuant to above authorities, as well as the 
United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (``UNPA''), (2 
U.S.C. 287c), I exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive 
Order No. 12853, to impose additional economic measures with respect to 
Haiti. This latter action was taken, in part, to ensure that the 
economic measures taken by the United States with respect to Haiti would 
fulfill its obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 
841 of June 16, 1993.
    On October 18, 1993, pursuant to the IEEPA and the NEA, I again 
exercised by statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12872, 
blocking property of various persons with respect to Haiti.
    On May 6, 1994, the United Nations Security Council adopted 
Resolution 917, calling on States to take additional measures to tighten 
the embargo against Haiti. On May 7, 1994, pursuant to the above 
authorities, I exercised by statutory authority to issue Executive Order 
No. 12914, to impose additional economic measures with respect to Haiti. 
On May 21, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I exercised my 
statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12917, to impose those 
economic measures required by Resolution 917 that became effective May 
21, 1994. These latter actions were taken, in part, to ensure that the 
economic measures taken by the United States with respect to Haiti would 
fulfill its obligations under the provisions of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 917.
    On June 10, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I exercised my 
statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12920, prohibiting 
additional transactions with Haiti.
    On June 21, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I exercised my 
statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12922.
    This new Executive order:
    --blocks all property in the United States, or within the possession 
        or control of United States persons, of any Haitian national 
        resident in Haiti, or any other person subject to the blocking 
        provisions of Executive Order Nos. 12775, 12779, 12853, 12872, 
        or 12914 or a Haitian citizen who is a member of the immediate 
        family of such a person, as identified by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury; and makes limited exceptions for certain payments and 
        transfers, and for the

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        property of nongovernmental organizations engaged in the 
        provision of essential humanitarian assistance or the conduct of 
        refugee and migration operations in Haiti, that are identified 
        by the Secretary of the Treasury;
    --prohibits any transaction that evades or avoids or has the purpose 
        of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the 
        prohibitions of the order; and
    --authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of State, to issue regulations implementing the 
        provisions of the order.
    The new Executive order is necessary to tighten the embargo against 
Haiti with the goal of the restoration of democracy in that nation and 
the prompt return of the legitimately elected President, Jean-Bertrand 
Aristide, under the framework of the Governors Island Agreement.
    I am providing this notice to the Congress pursuant to section 
204(b) of the IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301 of the NEA (50 
U.S.C. 1631). I am enclosing a copy of the Executive order that I have 
issued.

                                                      William J. Clinton

The White House,

June 21, 1994.

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
June 22. The Executive order of June 21 is listed in Appendix D at the 
end of this volume.