[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 31 (Monday, August 4, 1997)]
[Page 1163]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of Iraqi Emergency

July 31, 1997

    On August 2, 1990, by Executive Order 12722, President Bush declared 
a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat 
to national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted 
by the actions and policies of the Government of Iraq. By Executive 
Orders 12722 of August 2, 1990, and 12724 of August 9, 1990, the 
President imposed trade sanctions on Iraq and blocked Iraqi government 
assets. Because the Government of Iraq has continued its activities 
hostile to United States interests in the Middle East, the national 
emergency declared on August 2, 1990, and the measures adopted on August 
2 and August 9, 1990, to deal with that emergency must continue in 
effect beyond August 2, 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 Iraq.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
July 31, 1997.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:45 a.m., July 31, 
1997]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on August 1.