    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book II)]
    [July 19, 2007]
    [Pages 1000-1001]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to the Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor
    July 19, 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 dealing with the former
    Liberian regime of Charles Taylor are to continue in effect beyond July
    22, 2007.
        The actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles Taylor
    and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian
    resources, their trafficking of illegal arms, and their formation of
    irregular militia, 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
    continue to pose an 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 with respect to the
    former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     July 19, 2007.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    July 20. The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.

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