[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 34 (Monday, August 24, 1998)]
[Pages 1639-1641]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13098--Blocking Property of UNITA and Prohibiting 
Certain Transactions With Respect to UNITA

August 18, 1998

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of the 
United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) 
(UNPA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, in view of 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1173 of June 12, 1998, and 
1176 of June 24, 1998, and in order to take additional steps with 
respect to the actions and policies of the National Union for the Total 
Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the national emer- gency declared in 
Executive Order 12865, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United 
States of America, hereby order:
    Section 1. Except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, 
directives, or licenses issued pursuant to this order, and 
notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations conferred or 
imposed by any international agreement or any contract entered into or 
any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this order, 
all property and interests in property that are in the United States, 
that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter 
come within the possession or control of United States persons, of 
UNITA, or of those senior officials of UNITA, or adult members of their 
immediate families, who are designated pursuant to section 5 of this 
order, are hereby blocked.

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    Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, 
directives, or licenses issued pursuant to this order, and 
notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations conferred or 
imposed by any international agreement or any contract entered into or 
any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this order, 
the following are prohibited:
    (a) the direct or indirect importation into the United States of all 
diamonds exported from Angola on or after the effective date of this 
order that are not controlled through the Certificate of Origin regime 
of the Angola Government of Unity and National Reconciliation;
    (b) the sale or supply by United States persons or from the United 
States or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of equipment used 
in mining, regardless of origin, to the territory of Angola other than 
through a point of entry designated pursuant to section 5 of this order;
    (c) the sale or supply by United States persons or from the United 
States or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of motorized 
vehicles, watercraft, or spare parts for the foregoing, regardless of 
origin, to the territory of Angola other than through a point of entry 
designated pursuant to section 5 of this order; and
    (d) the sale or supply by United States persons or from the United 
States or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of mining services 
or ground or waterborne transportation services, regardless of origin, 
to persons in areas of Angola to which State administration has not been 
extended, as designated pursuant to section 5 of this order.
    Sec. 3. Any transaction by a United States person or within the 
United States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or 
avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in 
this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, trust, 
joint venture, corporation, or other organization;
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States 
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of 
the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the 
United States;
    (d) the term ``UNITA'' includes:
    (i) the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA), 
known in English as the ``National Union for the Total Independence of 
Angola;''
    (ii) the Forcas Armadas para a Liberacao de Angola (FALA), known in 
English as the ``Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola;'' and
    (iii) any person acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any 
of the foregoing, including the Center for Democracy in Angola (CEDA);
    (e) the term ``controlled through the Certificate of Origin regime 
of the Angolan Government of Unity and National Reconciliation'' means 
accompanied by any documentation that demonstrates to the satisfaction 
of the United States Customs Service that the diamonds were legally 
exported from Angola with the approval of the Angolan Government of 
Unity and National Reconciliation.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including 
designating senior officials of UNITA and adult members of their 
immediate families for purposes of section 1 of this order, designating 
points of entry in Angola and areas of Angola to which State 
administration has not been extended for purposes of section 2 of this 
order, establishing exemptions from the prohibitions set forth in this 
order for medical and humanitarian purposes, and promulgating rules and 
regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA 
and UNPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. 
The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to 
other officers and agencies of the United States Government. All 
agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all 
appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions 
of this order, including suspension or termination of licenses or other 
authorizations in effect as of the effective date of this order.

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    Sec. 6. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or 
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the 
United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or 
employees, or any other person.
    Sec. 7. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern daylight 
time on August 19, 1998.
    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in 
the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
August 18, 1998.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:39 a.m., August 19, 
1998]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on August 19, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
August 20.