[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 42 (Monday, October 25, 1993)]
[Page 2104]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

<R04>
Message to the Congress on Blocking Property of Persons Obstructing 
Democratization in Haiti

 October 18, 1993

To the Congress of the United States:

    Pursuant to section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. section 1703(b), and section 301 of the National 
Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. section 1631, I hereby report that I have 
again exercised my statutory authority to issue an Executive order with 
respect to Haiti that, effective 11:59 p.m., e.d.t., Monday, October 18, 
1993, that:
    (a) Blocks all property in the United States or within the 
possession or control of United States persons, including their overseas 
branches, of persons:
    (1) who have contributed to the obstruction of the implementation of 
      United Nations Security Council Resolutions 841 and 873, the 
      Governor's Island Agreement of July 3, 1993, or the activities of 
      the United Nations Mission in Haiti;
    (2) who have perpetuated or contributed to the violence in Haiti; or
    (3) who have materially or financially supported any of the 
      foregoing; and
    (b) Prohibits any transaction subject to U.S. jurisdiction that 
evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts 
to violate, the prohibitions in the new order, or in Executive Orders 
Nos. 12775, 12779, or 12853, except to the extent now authorized 
pursuant to the relevant Executive order.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive order that I have issued.
    The new Executive order is necessary to further the implementation 
of the Governors Island Agreement by reaching persons who are supporting 
the groups fomenting violence and opposing the restoration of 
constitutional government in Haiti. The new Executive order is to be 
implemented by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
October 18, 1993.