[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 38 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Pages 1771-1772]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on UNITA

September 16, 1996

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 emer- 

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gency 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, 1996, 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. The actions and policies 
of UNITA pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
foreign policy of the United States. 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 necessary to apply economic pressure to UNITA to reduce its 
ability to pursue its aggressive policies of territorial acquisition.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 16, 1996.