    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [November 5, 1999]
    [Pages 2004-2005]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Iran
    November 5, 1999

    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 declared in 1979 is to
    continue in effect beyond November 14, 1999, to the Federal Register for
    publication. Similar notices have been sent annually to the Congress and
    published in the Federal Register

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    since November 12, 1980. The most recent notice appeared in the Federal
    Register on November 12, 1998. This emergency is separate from that
    declared with respect to Iran on March 15, 1995, in Executive Order
    12957.
        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. On March 15, 1995, 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 of
    May 6, 1995, these sanctions were significantly augmented, and by
    Executive Order 13059 of August 19, 1997, the sanctions imposed in 1995
    were further clarified. 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,

    November 5, 1999.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    November 8. An original was not available for verification of the
    content of this message. The notice of November 5 is listed in Appendix
    D at the end of this volume.