[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 23 (Monday, June 13, 1994)]
[Pages 1262-1264]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Haiti

June 10, 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. 1701 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 of 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 of October 28, 1991, block- 

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ing 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 of 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 fulfill its obligations under United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 841 of 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 of 
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. On May 7, 1994, pursuant to the above 
authorities, I exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive Order 
No. 12914 of May 7, 1994, to impose additional economic measures with 
respect to Haiti. On May 21, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I 
exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12917 of 
May 21, 1994, to impose economic measures required by Resolution 917. 
These latter actions were taken, in part, to ensure that the economic 
measures taken by the United States with respect to Haiti would fulfill 
its obligations under the provisions of United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 917.
    On June 10, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I exercised my 
statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12920 of June 10, 1994, 
prohibiting additional transactions with Haiti.
    This new Executive order:
    --prohibits payment or transfer of funds or other assets to Haiti 
      from or through the United States or to or through the United 
      States from Haiti, with exceptions for activities of the United 
      States Government, the United Nations, the Organization of 
      American States, or foreign diplomatic missions, certain payments 
      related to humanitarian assistance in Haiti, limited family 
      remittances, funds for travel-related expenses, and payments 
      incidental to exempt shipments of food, medicine, medical 
      supplies, and informational materials;
    --prohibits the sale, supply, or exportation by United States 
      persons or from the United States, or using U.S.-registered 
      vessels or aircraft, of any goods, technology, or services to 
      Haiti or in connection with Haitian businesses, or activities by 
      United States persons or in the United States that promote such 
      sale, supply, or exportation, except for the sale, supply, or 
      exportation of informational materials, certain foodstuffs, and 
      medicines and medical supplies;
    --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 tighten the embargo against 
Haiti with the goal of the restoration of democracy in that nation and 
the prompt return of the legitimately elected President, Jean-Bertrand 
Aristide, under the framework of the Governors Island Agreement.
    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,
June 10, 1994.

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