    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book I)]
    [April 27, 2006]
    [Pages 818-820]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting an Executive Order Blocking
    Property of Persons in Connection With the Conflict in Sudan's Darfur
    Region
    April 27, 2006

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA),
    I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'')
    blocking the property of persons in connection with the conflict in
    Sudan's Darfur region. In that order, I have expanded the scope of the
    national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3,
    1997, with respect to the policies and actions of the Government of
    Sudan, to address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
    security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions
    and circumstances involving Darfur, as described below.
        The United Nations Security Council, in Resolution 1591 of March 29,
    2005, condemned the continued violations of the N'djamena Ceasefire
    Agreement of April 8, 2004, and the Abuja Humanitarian and Security
    Protocols of November 9, 2004, by all sides in Darfur, as well as the
    deterioration of the security situation and the negative impact this has
    had on humanitarian assistance efforts. I also note that the United
    Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the continued violations
    of human rights and international humanitarian law in Sudan's Darfur
    region and, in particular, the continuation of violence against
    civilians and sexual violence against women and girls.
        United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1591 determined
    that the situation in Darfur constitutes a threat to international peace
    and security in the region and called on Member States to take certain
    measures against persons responsible for the continuing conflict. The
    United Nations Security Council has encouraged all parties to negotiate
    in good faith at the Abuja talks and to take immediate steps to support
    a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur, but has continued to
    express serious concern at the persistence of the crisis in Darfur in
    UNSCR 1651 of December 21, 2005.
        Pursuant to IEEPA, the National Emergencies Act, and the United
    Nations Participation Act (UNPA), I have determined that these actions
    and circumstances constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
    national security and foreign policy of the United States, and have
    issued an Executive Order expanding the scope of the

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    national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 to deal with this
    threat.
        The order blocks the property and interests in property in the
    United States, or in the possession or control of United States persons,
    of the persons listed in the Annex to the order, as well as of any
    person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation
    with the Secretary of State,
         to have constituted a threat to the peace process in
                Darfur;
         to have constituted a threat to stability in Darfur and the
                region;
         to be responsible for conduct related to the conflict in
                Darfur that violates international law;
         to be responsible for heinous conduct with respect to human
                life or limb related to the conflict in Darfur;
         to have directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or
                transferred arms or any related materiel, or any assistance,
                advice, or training related to military activities to the
                Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, the
                Justice and Equality Movement, the Janjaweed, or any person
                operating in the states of North Darfur, South Darfur, and
                West Darfur, that is a belligerent, a nongovernmental
                entity, or an individual; or
         to be responsible for offensive military overflights in and
                over the Darfur region.
        The designation criteria will be applied in accordance with
    applicable domestic law, including where appropriate, the First
    Amendment of the United States Constitution.
        The order also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, after
    consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate for blocking any
    person determined to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
    financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services
    in support of, the activities listed above or any person listed in or
    designated pursuant to the order. I further authorized the Secretary of
    the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to
    designate for blocking any person determined to be owned or controlled
    by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or
    indirectly, any person listed in or designated pursuant to the order.
    The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of
    State, is also authorized to remove any persons from the Annex to the
    order as circumstances warrant.
        I delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation
    with the Secretary of State, the authority to take such actions,
    including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all
    powers granted to the President by IEEPA and UNPA, as may be necessary
    to carry out the purposes of the order. All Federal agencies are
    directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to
    carry out the provisions of the order.
        The order, a copy of which is enclosed, was effective at 12:01 a.m.
    eastern daylight time on April 27, 2006.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     April 27, 2006.

    Note: The Executive order is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume.

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