[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 39 (Monday, October 4, 1993)]
[Page 1941]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Haiti

 September 30, 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 Haitian emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond October 4, 1993, to the Federal Register for publication.
    The crisis between the United States and Haiti that led to the 
declaration on October 4, 1991, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved. While substantial progress has been made toward restoring 
democracy pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 861, 
all necessary conditions to that restoration have not yet been met. 
Multilateral sanctions have been suspended but not terminated. Political 
conditions in Haiti continue, therefore, to be of considerable concern 
to the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to retain the authority to apply economic sanctions to ensure 
the restoration and security of the democratically elected Government of 
Haiti.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 30, 1993.