    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [November 15, 1999]
    [Page 2098]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on United Nations Sanctions Against the Taliban
    November 15, 1999

        Today the President of the United Nations Security Council certified that the economic sanctions against the
    Taliban laid out in Resolution 1267 one month ago are now in effect.
    These sanctions are being implemented because the Taliban has spurned
    the unanimous demand of the Security Council and refused to deliver
    Usama bin Ladin to a country where he can
    face justice for his acts of terrorism, including the bombing of
    America's Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
        The international community has again spoken with one voice, and its
    resolve to combat the threat of international terrorism is clear. The
    U.N. sanctions parallel the unilateral ones that the United States
    placed on the Taliban in July and will result in the restriction of
    landing rights of airlines owned, leased, or operated by or on behalf of
    the Taliban, the freezing of Taliban accounts around the world, and the
    prohibition of investment in any undertaking owned or controlled by the
    Taliban. I ask all the nations of the world to do their utmost so that
    these sanctions are implemented fully and swiftly.
        The message to the Taliban is unmistakable: bin Ladin's training camps must be closed; the threats and
    operational activity must cease, and bin Ladin must answer for his
    crimes. The people of Afghanistan have already paid a high price in
    isolation because of the Taliban's continued harboring of this
    terrorist, and that toll will now increase. It is time for the Taliban
    to heed the will of the United Nations and end the threat of terrorism
    that emanates from within Afghanistan.