    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 53 (Monday, January 4, 1999)]
    [Page 2537]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Notice--Continuation of Libyan Emergency

    December 30, 1998

        On January 7, 1986, by Executive Order 12543, President Reagan
    declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary
    threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States
    constituted by the actions and policies of the Government of Libya. On
    January 8, 1986, by Executive Order 12544, the President took additional
    measures to block Libyan assets in the United States. Every President
    has transmitted to the Congress and the Federal Register a notice
    continuing this emergency each year since 1986.
        The crisis between the United States and Libya that led to the
    declaration of a national emergency on January 7, 1986, has not been
    resolved. The Government of Libya has continued its actions and policies
    in support of terrorism, despite the calls by the United Nations
    Security Council, in Resolutions 731 (1992), 748 (1992), and 883 (1993),
    that it demonstrate by concrete actions its renunciation of terrorism.
    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 Libya. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register
    and transmitted to the Congress.
                                                William J. Clinton
    The White House,
    December 30, 1998.

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., December 31,
    1998]

    Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on January 4,
    1999.