[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 27 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Pages 1576-1577]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of Emergency With Respect to the Taliban

June 30, 2000

    On July 4, 1999, I issued Executive Order 13129, ``Blocking Property 
and Prohibiting Transactions with the Taliban,'' to deal with the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States posed by the actions and policies of the 
Taliban in Afghanistan. The order blocks all property and interests in 
property of the Taliban and prohibits trade-related transactions by 
United States persons involving the territory of Afghanistan controlled 
by the Taliban.
    The Taliban continues to allow territory under its control in 
Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and base of operations for Usama 
bin Laden and the Al-Qaida organization who have committed and threaten 
to continue to commit acts of violence against the United States and its 
nationals. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to 
maintain in force these emergency authorities beyond July 5, 2000. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency declared 
on July 4, 1999, with respect to the Taliban. This notice shall be 
published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
June 30, 2000.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., July 3, 
2000]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on July 5. This 
item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.

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