    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 19 (Monday, May 16, 1994)]
    [Pages 1016-1017]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress on Haiti

    May 7, 1994

    To the Congress of the United States:

        On October 4, 1991, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
    Powers Act (``IEEPA'') (50 U.S.C. 1703 et seq.) and section 301 of the
    National Emergencies Act (``NEA'') (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), President
    Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue Executive Order No.
    12775 on October 4, 1991, declaring a national emergency and blocking
    Haitian government property.
        On October 28, 1991, pursuant to the above authorities, President
    Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue Executive Order No.
    12779 on October 28, 1991, blocking property of and prohibiting
    transactions with Haiti.
        On June 30, 1993, pursuant to the above authorities, as well as the
    United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (``UNPA'') (22
    U.S.C. 287c) I exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive Order
    No. 12853 on June 30, 1993, to impose additional economic measures with
    respect to Haiti. This latter action was taken, in part, to ensure that
    the economic measures taken by the United States with respect to Haiti
    would conform to United Nations Security Council Resolution 841 (June
    16, 1993).
        On October 18, 1993, pursuant to the IEEPA and the NEA, I again
    exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12872 on
    October 18, 1993, blocking property of various persons with respect to
    Haiti.
        On May 6, 1994, the United Nations Security Council adopted
    Resolution 917, calling on Member States to take additional measures to
    tighten the embargo against Haiti. These include, inter alia, a
    requirement that Member States deny permission for take off, landing or
    overflight to any aircraft flying to or from Haiti, other than aircraft
    on regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights. In addition, the
    Resolution strongly urges, but does not mandate, the freezing of funds
    and financial resources of officers of the military in Haiti, including
    police, major participants in the coup d'etat of 1991, and in illegal
    governments since the coup d'etat, those employed by, or acting on
    behalf of, the military, and immediate family members of the foregoing.
    Effective at 11:59 p.m. e.d.t., May 8, 1994, I have taken additional
    steps pursuant to the above statutory authorities to enhance the
    implementation of this international embargo and to conform to United
    Nations Security Council Resolution 917.
        This new Executive order:
        --bans arriving and departing flights and overflights stopping or
          originating in Haiti, except regularly scheduled commercial
          passenger flights;
        --blocks the funds and financial resources, subject to the
          jurisdiction of the United States, of the individuals specified in
          Resolution 917, identified above;
        --prohibits any transaction that evades or avoids or has the purpose
          of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
          prohibitions of this order; and
        --authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
          Secretary of State, to issue regulations implementing the
          provisions of the Executive order.
        The new Executive order is necessary to implement certain provisions
    of United Nations Security Council Resolution 917 of May 6, 1994, that
    are to take effect without delay. Further measures, including a
    comprehen-

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    sive trade embargo with certain humanitarian exceptions, are required no
    later than May 21, 1994. I am considering additional measures to give
    full effect to these and other provisions of that Resolution. The
    measures we are imposing and the United Nations Security Council
    Resolution adopted on May 6, 1994, reflect the determination of the
    United States, acting in concert with the international community, to
    end the assault on democracy and human dignity in Haiti.
        I am providing this notice to the Congress pursuant to section
    204(b) of the IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301 of the NEA (50
    U.S.C. 1631). I am enclosing a copy of the Executive order that I have
    issued.
                                                William J. Clinton
    The White House,
    May 7, 1994.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    May 9.