    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
    [July 18, 2006]
    [Pages 1419-1420]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency
    Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of
    Certain Goods From Liberia
    July 18, 2006

    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, stating that
    the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of
    certain persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods from
    Liberia are to continue in effect beyond July 22, 2006. The most recent
    notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register
    on July 21, 2005 (70 FR 41935).
        The actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles
    Taylor and his close associates, in
    particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their
    removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property,
    continue to undermine Liberia's transition to democracy and the orderly
    development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions
    and resources. 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 and related measures blocking the property of certain
    persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods from Liberia.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     July 18, 2006.

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

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