    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 25 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
    [Pages 1322-1323]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress on Haiti

    June 21, 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, 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, blocking certain property of and prohibiting certain transactions
    with Haiti.
        On June 30, 1993, pursuant to above authorities, as well as the
    United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (``UNPA''), (2
    U.S.C. 287c), I exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive
    Order No. 12853, 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 by statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12872,
    blocking property of various persons with respect to Haiti.
        On May 6, 1994, the United Nations Security Council adopted
    Resolution 917, calling on States to take additional measures to tighten
    the embargo against Haiti. On May 7, 1994, pursuant to the above
    authorities, I exercised by statutory authority to issue Executive Order
    No. 12914, 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, to impose those
    economic measures required by Resolution 917 that became effective May
    21, 1994. 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, prohibiting
    additional transactions with Haiti.
        On June 21, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I exercised my
    statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12922.
        This new Executive order:
        --blocks all property in the United States, or within the possession
          or control of United States persons, of any Haitian national
          resident in Haiti, or any other person subject to the blocking
          provisions of Executive Order Nos. 12775, 12779, 12853, 12872, or
          12914 or a Hai-

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          tian citizen who is a member of the immediate family of such a
          person, as identified by the Secretary of the Treasury; and makes
          limited exceptions for certain payments and transfers, and for the
          property of nongovernmental organizations engaged in the provision
          of essential humanitarian assistance or the conduct of refugee and
          migration operations in Haiti, that are identified by the
          Secretary of the Treasury;
        --prohibits any transaction that evades or avoids or has the purpose
          of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
          prohibitions of the order; and
        --authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
          Secretary of State, to issue regulations implementing the
          provisions of the 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 21, 1994.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    June 22.