[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 38 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Pages 1588-1589]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Notice on UNITA

September 18, 1995

To the Congress of the United States:

    Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) 
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, 
prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President 
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice 
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice, stating that the emergency declared with respect to the 
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (``UNITA'') is to 
continue in effect beyond September 26, 1995, to the Federal Register 
for publication.
    The circumstances that led to the declaration on September 26, 1993, 
of a national emergency have not been resolved. United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 864 (1993) continues to oblige all Member States to 
maintain sanctions. Discontinuation of the sanctions would have a 
prejudicial effect on the Angolan peace process. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the broad 
authorities

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necessary to apply economic pressure to UNITA.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 18, 1995.