    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 21 (Monday, May 28, 2001)]
    [Pages 794-795]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Executive Order 13213--Additional Measures With Respect to Prohibiting
    the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

    May 22, 2001

        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, and in view of
    the national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 13194
    of January 18, 2001, and United Nations Security Council Resolutions
    1306 of July 5, 2000, and 1343 of March 7, 2001,
        I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, take
    note that in Executive Order 13194, the President responded to, among
    other things, the insurgent Revolutionary United Front's (RUF) illicit
    trade in diamonds to fund its operations in the civil war in Sierra
    Leone by declaring a national emergency and, consistent with United
    Nations Security Council Resolution 1306, by prohibiting the importation
    into the United States of all rough diamonds from Sierra Leone except
    for those importations controlled through the Certificate of Origin
    regime of the Government of Sierra Leone. United Nations Security
    Council Resolution 1343 takes note that the bulk of RUF diamonds leaves
    Sierra Leone through Liberia and that such illicit trade cannot be
    conducted without the permission and involvement of Liberian government
    officials at the highest levels; determines that the active support
    provided by the Government of Liberia for the RUF and other armed rebel
    groups in neighboring countries constitutes a threat to international
    peace and security in the region; and decides that all states shall take
    the necessary measures to prevent the importation of all rough diamonds
    from Liberia, whether or not such diamonds originated in Liberia. The
    Government of Liberia's complicity in the RUF's illicit trade in
    diamonds and its other forms of support for the RUF are direct
    challenges to United States foreign policy objectives in the region as
    well as to the rule-based international order that is crucial to the
    peace and prosperity of the United States. Therefore, I find these
    actions by the Government of Liberia contribute to the unusual and
    extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States
    described in Executive Order 13194 with respect to which the President
    declared a national emergency. In order to deal with that threat and to
    ensure further that the direct or indirect importation into the United
    States of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone will not contribute financial
    support to further aggressive actions

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    by the RUF or to the RUF's procurement of weapons; to implement United
    Nations Security Council Resolution 1343; and to counteract, among other
    things, the Government of Liberia's facilitation of and participation in
    the RUF's illicit trade in diamonds through Liberia, I hereby order the
    following additional measures be taken with respect to prohibiting the
    importation of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone:
        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,
    the direct or indirect importation into the United States of all rough
    diamonds from Liberia, whether or not such diamonds originated in
    Liberia, on or after the effective date of this order is prohibited.
        Sec. 2. 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. Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the
    prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
        Sec. 3. The definitions contained in section 4 of Executive Order
    13194 apply to the terms used in this order.
        Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
    Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including
    the promulgation of 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
    modification, suspension, or termination of licenses or authorizations
    in effect as of the date of this order.
        Sec. 5. This order is not intended to create, nor does it create,
    any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable
    at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, or
    any other person.
        Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
    time on May 23, 2001.
        (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in
    the Federal Register.
                                                    George W. Bush
     The White House,
     May 22, 2001.

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:03 p.m., May 23,
    2001]

    Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press
    Secretary on May 23, and it was published in the Federal Register on May
    24.