    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [March 23, 1998]
    [Pages 423-425]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect
    to Angola (UNITA)
    March 23, 1998

    To the Congress of the United States:
        I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since my last
    report of September 24, 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 (``UNSCR'') 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 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
    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

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    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. On August 28, 1997, the United Nations Security Council adopted
    UNSCR 1127, expressing its grave concern at the serious difficulties in
    the peace process, demanding that the Government of Angola and in
    particular UNITA comply fully and completely with those obligations, and
    imposing additional sanctions against UNITA. Subsequently, the Security
    Council adopted UNSCR 1130 postponing the effective date of measures
    specified by UNSCR 1127 until 12:01 a.m., eastern standard time, October
    30, 1997, at which time they went into effect.
        On December 12, 1997, I issued Executive Order 13069 to implement in
    the United States the provisions of UNSCRs 1127 and 1130 (62 Fed. Reg.
    65989, December 16, 1997). Executive Order 13069 prohibits (a) the sale,
    supply, or making available in any form, by United States persons or
    from the United States or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of
    any aircraft or aircraft components, regardless of origin: (i) to UNITA;
    (ii) to the territory of Angola other than through a specified point of
    entry; (b) the insurance, engineering, or servicing by United States
    persons or from the United States of any aircraft owned or controlled by
    UNITA; (c) the granting of permission to any aircraft to take off from,
    land in, or overfly the United States if the aircraft, as part of the
    same flight or as a continuation of that flight, is destined to land in
    or has taken off from a place in the territory of Angola other than a
    specified point of entry; (d) the provision or making available by
    United States persons or from the United States of engineering and
    maintenance servicing, the certification of airworthiness, the payment
    of new claims against exiting insurance contracts, or the provision,
    renewal, or making available of direct insurance with respect to (i) any
    aircraft registered in Angola other than those specified by the
    Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
    and other appropriate agencies; (ii) any aircraft that entered the
    territory of Angola other than through a specified point of entry; (e)
    any transaction by any United States person or within the United States
    that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or
    attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order.
    Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis authorizing, as
    appropriate, medical emergency flights or flights of aircraft carrying
    food, medicine, or supplies for essential humanitarian needs. Executive
    Order 13069 became effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern standard time,
    December 15, 1997.
        There have been no amendments to the Regulations since my report of
    September 24, 1997.
        3. On December 31, 1997, OFAC issued an order to the Center for
    Democracy in Angola (``CEDA'' or ``CDA'') to immediately close its
    offices in the United States as required by Executive Order 13069. The
    CEDA responded that it had closed its only U.S. office, located in
    Washington, D.C., in compliance with Executive Order 13069.
        The OFAC has worked closely with the U.S. financial and exporting
    communities to assure a heightened awareness of the sanctions against
    UNITA--through the dissemination of publications, seminars, and 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.

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        4. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-month
    period from September 26, 1997, through March 25, 1998, that are
    directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities
    conferred by the declaration of a national emergency with respect to
    UNITA are about $80,000, 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,

    March 23, 1998.