[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 43 (Monday, November 1, 1999)]
[Pages 2194-2195]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Sudan

October 29, 1999

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 emergency 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

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is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with 
this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice, stating that the 
Sudanese emergency is to continue in effect beyond November 3, 1999, to 
the
Federal Register for publication.
    The crisis between the United States and Sudan that led to the 
declaration on November 3, 1997, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved. The Government of Sudan continues to support international 
terrorism and efforts to destabilize neighboring governments, and engage 
in human rights violations, including the denial of religious freedom. 
Such Sudanese actions pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For 
these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in 
force the broad authorities necessary to apply economic pressure on the 
Government of Sudan.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
October 29, 1999.