[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 125, 112th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011

Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council
Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In light of the firm commitment of the United States to the preservation
of international peace and security and our obligations under the United
Nations Charter to carry out the decisions of the United Nations
Security Council imposed under Chapter VII, I have determined that it is
in the interests of the United States to suspend the entry into the
United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of aliens who are subject
to United Nations Security Council travel bans as of the date of this
proclamation. I have further determined that the interests of the United
States are served by suspending the entry into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, of aliens whose property and interests in
property have been blocked by an Executive Order issued in whole or in
part pursuant to the President's authority under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, by the authority vested in me as
President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States

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of America, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act of 1952, as amended (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 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) Any alien who meets one or more of the specific criteria for the
imposition of a travel ban provided for in a United Nations Security
Council resolution referenced in Annex A to this proclamation.
(b) Any alien who meets one or more of the specific criteria
contained in an Executive Order referenced in Annex B to this
proclamation.
Sec. 2. Persons covered by section 1 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 standards and procedures as the
Secretary may establish.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for
implementing this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and
Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
Sec. 4. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to
any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of the person into
the United States would not be contrary to the interests of the United
States, as determined by the Secretary of State. In exercising the
functions and authorities in the previous sentence, the Secretary of
State shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters
related to admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the
Secretary of Homeland Security.
Sec. 5. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to require
actions that would be inconsistent with the United States obligations
under applicable international agreements.
Sec. 6. This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
Sec. 7. 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 shall become effective upon publication in
the Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
sixth.
BARACK OBAMA


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