    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book II)]
    [October 31, 1995]
    [Page 1703]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Iran
    October 31, 1995

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d))
    provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless,
    prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President
    publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice
    stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the
    anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
    enclosed notice, stating that the Iran emergency is to continue in
    effect beyond November 14, 1995, to the Federal Register for
    publication. Similar notices have been sent annually to the Congress and
    the Federal Register since November 12, 1980. The most recent notice
    appeared in the Federal Register on November 1, 1994.
        The crisis between the United States and Iran that began in 1979 has
    not been fully resolved. The international tribunal established to
    adjudicate claims of the United States and U.S. nationals against Iran
    and of the Iranian government and Iranian nationals against the United
    States continues to function, and normalization of commercial and
    diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran has not been
    achieved. Indeed, on March 15 of this year, I declared a separate
    national emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International
    Emergency Economic Powers Act and imposed separate sanctions. By
    Executive Order 12959, these sanctions were significantly augmented. In
    these circumstances, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain
    in force the broad authorities that are in place by virtue of the
    November 14, 1979, declaration of emergency, including the authority to
    block certain property of the Government of Iran, and which are needed
    in the process of implementing the January 1981 agreements with Iran.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    October 31, 1995.

    Note: The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.