[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
[September 24, 1997]
[Pages 1232-1233]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]


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Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect 
to Angola (UNITA)
September 24, 1997

To the Congress of the United States:
    I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since my last 
report of April 4, 1997, 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).
    On September 26, 1993, I declared a national emergency with respect 
to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (``UNITA''), 
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 material 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 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 Treasury Department's Office of Foreign 
Assets Control (OFAC) issued the UNITA (Angola) Sanctions Regulations 
(the ``Regulations'') (58 Fed. Reg. 64904) to implement my declaration 
of a national emergency and imposition of sanctions against UNITA. 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 of entry. 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, Benuela 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.
    There has been one amendment to the Regulations since my report of 
April 3, 1997. the UNITA (Angola) Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 
590, were amended on August 25, 1997. General reporting, recordkeeping, 
licensing, and other procedural regulations were moved from the 
Regulations to a separate part (31 CFR Part 501) dealing solely with 
such procedural matters. (62 Fed. Reg. 45098, August 25, 1997). A copy 
of the amendment is attached.
    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

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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 via the Internet, 
Fax-on-Demand, 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 since my last report.
    3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-month 
period from March 26, 1997, through September 25, 1997, that are 
directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities 
conferred by the declaration of a national emergency with respect to 
UNITA are approximately $50,000, most of which represent 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).
    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 24, 1997.

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
September 25.