[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 29 (Monday, July 26, 1993)]
[Pages 1409-1410]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Notice on Continuation of Iraqi 
Emergency

 July 20, 1993

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, stating that the Iraqi emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond August 2, 1993, to the Federal Register for publication.
    The crisis between the United States and Iraq that led to the 
declaration on August 2, 1990, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved. The Government of Iraq continues to engage in activities 
inimical to stability in

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the Middle East and hostile to U.S. interests in the region. Such Iraqi 
actions pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and vital foreign policy interests of the United 
States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to 
maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to apply economic 
pressure to the Government of Iraq.

                                            William J. Clinton

The White House,
July 20, 1993.