    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [September 23, 2002]
    [Page 1645]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to UNITA
    September 23, 2002

    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 emergency declared with respect to the
    National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) is to
    continue in effect beyond September 26, 2002, to the Federal Register
    for publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was
    published in the Federal Register on September 25, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg.
    49084).
        The circumstances that led to the declaration on September 26, 1993,
    of a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions and policies
    of UNITA pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the
    foreign policy of the United States. United Nations Security Council
    Resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997), and 1173 (1998) continue to oblige
    all member states to maintain sanctions. Discontinuation of the
    sanctions would have a prejudicial effect on the prospects for peace in
    Angola. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to
    maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to apply economic
    pressure on UNITA to reduce its ability to pursue its military
    operations.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     September 23, 2002.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    September 24. The notice of September 23 is listed in Appendix D at the
    end of this volume.