    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
    [May 6, 2003]
    [Pages 445-446]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Terminating the National Emergency With
    Respect to UNITA
    May 6, 2003

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Pursuant to section 202 of the International Emergency Economic
    Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622, I hereby report that I have issued an
    Executive Order (the ``Order''), that terminates the national emergency
    described and declared in Executive Order 12865 of September 26, 1993,
    with respect to the actions and policies of the National Union for the
    Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and revokes that order, Executive
    Order 13069 of December 12, 1997, and Executive Order 13098 of August
    18, 1998.
        The Order will have the effect of lifting the sanctions imposed on
    UNITA in Executive Orders 12865, 13069, and 13098. These trade and
    financial sanctions were imposed to support international efforts to
    force UNITA to abandon armed conflict and return to the peace process
    outlined in the Lusaka Protocol, as reflected in United Nations Security
    Council Resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997), and 1173 (1998).
        The death of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in February 2002 enabled the
    Angolan government and UNITA to sign the Luena Memorandum of
    Understanding on April 4, 2002. This agreement established an immediate
    cease-fire and called for UNITA's return to the peace process laid out
    in the 1994 Lusaka Protocol. In accordance therewith, UNITA quartered
    all its military personnel in established reception areas and handed its
    remaining arms over to the Angolan government. In September 2002, the
    Angolan government and UNITA reestablished the Lusaka Protocol's Joint
    Commission to resolve outstanding political issues. On November 21,
    2002, the Angolan government and UNITA declared the provisions of the
    Lusaka Protocol fully implemented and called for the lifting of
    sanctions on UNITA imposed by the United Nations Security Council.
        With the successful implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and the
    demilitarization of UNITA, the circumstances that led to the declaration
    of a national emergency on September 26, 1993, have been resolved. The
    actions and policies of UNITA no longer pose an unusual and
    extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. United
    Nations Security Council Resolution 1448 (2002) lifted the measures
    imposed pursuant to prior U.N. Security Council resolutions related to
    UNITA. The continuation of sanctions imposed by Executive Orders 12865,
    13069, and 13098 would have a prejudicial effect on the development of
    UNITA as an opposition political party, and therefore, on
    democratization in Angola. For these reasons, I have determined that it
    is necessary to terminate the national emergency with respect to UNITA
    and to lift the sanctions that have been used to apply economic pressure
    on UNITA.
        I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. This
    Order is effective

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    at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 7, 2003.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     May 6, 2003.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    May 7. The Executive order of May 6 is listed in Appendix D at the end
    of this volume.