[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book II)]
[September 19, 1996]
[Pages 1623-1625]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect 
to Angola (UNITA)
September 19, 1996

To the Congress of the United States:
    I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since March 25, 
1996, concerning the national emergency with respect to Angola that was 
declared in Executive Order 12865 of September 26, 1993. This report is 
submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 
U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).

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    On September 26, 1993, I declared a national emergency with respect 
to Angola, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the United 
Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c). Consistent with 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 864, dated September 15, 
1993, the order prohibited the sale or supply by United States persons 
or from the United States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, 
of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and 
ammunition, military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and petroleum 
and petroleum products to the territory of Angola other than through 
designated points of entry. The order also prohibited such sale or 
supply to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola 
(``UNITA''). United States persons are prohibited from activities that 
promote or are calculated to promote such sales or supplies, or from 
attempted violations, or from evasion or avoidance or transactions that 
have the purpose of evasion or avoidance, of the stated prohibitions. 
The order authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, to take such actions, including the promulgation 
of rules and regulations, as might be necessary to carry out the 
purposes of the order.
    1. On December 10, 1993, the Department of the Treasury's Office of 
Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued the UNITA (Angola) Sanctions 
Regulations (the ``Regulations'') (58 Fed. Reg. 64904) to implement the 
President's declaration of a national emergency and imposition of 
sanctions against Angola (UNITA). There have been no amendments to the 
Regulations since my report of March 25, 1996.
    The Regulations prohibit the sale or supply by United States persons 
or from the United States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, 
of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and 
ammunition, military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and petroleum 
and petroleum products to UNITA or to the territory of Angola other than 
through designated points. United States persons are also prohibited 
from activities that promote or are calculated to promote such sales or 
supplies to UNITA or Angola, or from any transaction by any United 
States persons that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or 
avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in 
the Executive order. Also prohibited are transactions by United States 
persons, or involving the use of U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, 
relating to transportation to Angola or UNITA of goods the exportation 
of which is prohibited.
    The Government of Angola has designated the following points of 
entry as points in Angola to which the articles otherwise prohibited by 
the Regulations may be shipped: Airports: Luanda and Katumbela, Benguela 
Province; Ports: Luanda and Lobito, Benguela Province; and Namibe, 
Namibe Province; and Entry Points: Malongo, Cabinda Province. Although 
no specific license is required by the Department of the Treasury for 
shipments to these designated points of entry (unless the item is 
destined for UNITA), any such exports remain subject to the licensing 
requirements of the Departments of State and/or Commerce.
    2. The OFAC has worked closely with the U.S. financial community to 
assure a heightened awareness of the sanctions against UNITA--through 
the dissemination of publications, seminars, and notices to electronic 
bulletin boards. This educational effort has resulted in frequent calls 
from banks to assure that they are not routing funds in violation of 
these prohibitions. United States exporters have also been notified of 
the sanctions through a variety of media, including special fliers and 
computer bulletin board information initiated by OFAC and posted through 
the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Government Printing Office. 
There have been no license applications under the program.
    3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-month 
period from March 26, 1996, through September 25, 1996, that are 
directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities 
conferred by the declaration of a national emergency with respect to 
Angola (UNITA) are reported to be about $227,000, most of which 
represents wage and salary costs for Federal personnel. Personnel costs 
were largely centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly in 
the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Customs Service, the 
Office of the Under Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the 
General Counsel) and the Department of State (particularly the Office of 
Southern African Affairs).

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    I will continue to report periodically to the Congress on 
significant developments, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).

                                                      William J. Clinton

The White House,

September 19, 1996.