[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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