[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 4 (Monday, January 27, 1997)]
[Page 72]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To 
Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

January 21, 1997

    On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order 12947, I declared a national 
emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States 
constituted by grave acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists 
that disrupt the Middle East peace process. By Executive Order 12947 of 
January 23, 1995, I blocked the assets in the United States, or in the 
control of United States persons, of foreign terrorists who threaten to 
disrupt the Middle East peace process. I also prohibited transactions or 
dealings by United States persons in such property. Because terrorists 
activities continue to threaten the Middle East peace process and vital 
interests of the United States in the Middle East, the national 
emergency declared on January 23, 1995, and the measures that took 
effect on January 24, 1995, to deal with that emergency must continue in 
effect beyond January 23, 1997. Therefore, in accordance with section 
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am 
continuing the national emergency with respect to foreign terrorists who 
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
January 21, 1997.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:45 p.m., January 21, 
1997]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on January 22.