    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book I)]
    [February 5, 2007]
    [Pages 102-103]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Cote d'Ivoire
    February 5, 2007

    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 contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire are to
    continue in effect beyond February 7, 2007.

        The situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire, which has been
    addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1572 of
    November 15, 2004, and subsequent resolutions, has resulted in the
    massacre of large numbers of civilians, widespread human rights abuses,
    significant political violence and unrest, and attacks against
    international peacekeeping forces leading to fatalities. This situation
    poses a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
    security and 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
    contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire.

                                                              George W. Bush

    The White House,

    February 5, 2007.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    February 6. The related notice of February 5 is listed in Appendix D at
    the end of this volume.

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