[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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