[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 120, 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 8015--MAY 12, 2006
Proclamation 8015 of May 12, 2006
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons
Responsible for Policies or Actions That Threaten the Transition to
Democracy in Belarus
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In light of the importance to the United States of fostering democratic
institutions in Belarus in order to help the Belarusian people achieve
their aspirations for democracy and to help complete the trans

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formation to a Europe whole, free, and at peace and given the
suppression of human rights and democracy in Belarus, the fraud
perpetrated during the recent Belarusian presidential campaign and
election, the detention of peaceful protesters in Belarus, the
persistent acts of corruption by Belarusian government officials in the
performance of public functions, and the continued failure of Alyaksandr
Lukashenka, Belarusian government officials, and others to support the
rule of law, human rights commitments, and other principles of high
priority to the United States, I have determined that it is in the
interest of the United States to take all available measures to restrict
the international travel and to suspend the entry into the United
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of members of the government of
Alyaksandr Lukashenka and others detailed below who formulate,
implement, participate in, or benefit from policies or actions,
including electoral fraud, human rights abuses, and corruption, that
undermine or injure democratic institutions or impede the transition to
democracy in Belarus.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of
the United States, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in sections
2 and 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the
United States.
I therefore hereby proclaim that:
Section 1. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of the following persons is hereby suspended:
(a) Members of the government of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and other
persons who formulate, implement, participate in, or benefit from
policies or actions, including electoral fraud, human rights abuses, or
corruption, that undermine or injure democratic institutions or impede
the transition to democracy in Belarus;
(b) Persons who through their business dealings with Belarusian
government officials derive significant financial benefit from policies
or actions, including electoral fraud, human rights abuses, or
corruption, that undermine or injure democratic institutions or impede
the transition to democracy in Belarus; and (c) The spouses of persons
described in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to
any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person
would not be contrary to the interest of the United States.
Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 of this proclamation shall
be identified by the Secretary of State or the Secretary's designee, in
his or her sole discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary
may establish under section 5 of this proclamation.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate from
United States Government obligations under applicable international
agreements.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for
implementing this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary may establish.

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Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and shall remain in
effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it is
no longer necessary and should be terminated, either in whole or in
part. Any such termination by the Secretary of State shall be published
in the Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.
GEORGE W. BUSH