[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 39 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
[Pages 1907-1908]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6730--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants 
of Persons Who Formulate or Implement Policies That Are Impeding the 
Transition to Democracy in Liberia or Who Benefit From Such Policies

September 30, 1994

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    In light of the long-standing political and humanitarian crisis in 
Liberia, I have deter- 

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mined that it is in the interests of the United States to restrict the 
entrance into the United States as immigrants and nonimmigrants of 
certain Liberian nationals who formulate or implement policies that 
impede Liberia's transition to democracy or who benefit from such 
policies, and the immediate families of such persons.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton,  by the power vested in me as 
President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
America, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and 
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in 
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section 
2 or 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the 
United States. I hereby proclaim that:
    Section 1. The entry into the United States as immigrants and 
nonimmigrants of persons who formulate or implement policies that impede 
Liberia's transition to democracy or who benefit from such policies, and 
the immediate family members of such persons, is hereby suspended.
    Sec. 2. Section 1 shall not apply with respect to any person 
otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person would not be 
contrary to the interests of the United States.
    Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 shall be identified 
pursuant to procedures established by the Secretary of State, as 
authorized in section 5 below.
    Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate 
from United States Government obligations under applicable international 
agreements.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility to 
implement this proclamation pursuant to procedures the Secretary may 
establish.
    Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and shall remain 
in effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it 
is no longer necessary and should be terminated.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day 
of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-four, 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and nineteenth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:01 p.m., October 3, 
1994]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
October 5.