[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
[October 14, 1994]
[Pages 1761-1762]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Letter to Congressional Leaders on Haiti
October 14, 1994

Dear Mr. Speaker:   (Dear Mr. President:)
    On October 4, 1991, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the National Emergencies Act (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. To further tighten the sanctions 
against Haiti, President Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue 
Executive Order No. 12779, and I acted pursuant to the same authorities 
as well as the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 287c), to issue Executive Order Nos. 12853, 12872, 12914, 12917, 
12920, and 12922.
    In view of the restoration of a democratically elected government in 
Haiti, and taking into consideration United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 944 of September 29, 1994, I have determined that the unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States previously posed by the policies and 
actions of the de facto regime in Haiti has terminated. Today, pursuant 
to the above authorities, I have exercised my statutory authority to 
issue an Executive order to terminate the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order No. 12775 and revoke the Executive orders referenced 
above imposing additional sanctions with respect to Haiti.

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    I have determined to issue the new Executive order terminating all 
remaining sanctions against Haiti in view of the return of Haiti's 
legitimately elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and the adoption 
of United Nations Security Council Resolution 944, which rescinds 
mandatory sanctions against Haiti previously adopted by the Security 
Council with our support.
    Sincerely,

                                                      William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. 
The Executive order is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.