    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book I)]
    [June 6, 2008]
    [Pages 763-764]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to the Actions and Policies of Certain Members of the Government
    of Belarus and Other Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or
    Institutions in Belarus
    June 6, 2008

    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 to the
    Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the
    national emergency and related measures blocking the property of certain
    persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Belarus are
    to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2008.
        The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of
    Belarus and other persons pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary
    threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
    These actions include undermining democratic processes or institutions;
    committing human rights abuses related to political repression,
    including detentions and disappearances; and engaging in public
    corruption, including by diverting or misusing

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    Belarusian public assets or by misusing public authority. For these
    reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national
    emergency and related measures blocking the property of certain persons
    undermining democratic processes or institutions in Belarus.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     June 6, 2008.

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