    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book I)]
    [March 2, 2004]
    [Pages 296-297]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency
    Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or
    Institutions in Zimbabwe
    March 2, 2004

    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 to the Federal Register for publication. It states that
    the national emergency blocking the property of persons undermining
    democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe is to continue in
    effect beyond March 6, 2004.
        The crisis caused by the actions and policies of certain members of
    the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's
    democratic processes or institutions has not been resolved. These
    actions and policies pose a continuing, unusual, and extraordinary
    threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I
    have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency
    declared on March 6, 2003, blocking the property of persons undermining
    democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe and to maintain in
    force the sanctions to respond to this threat.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     March 2, 2004.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    March 3. An original was not available for verification of the content
    of this message. The notice of March 2 is listed in Appendix D at the
    end of this volume.

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