    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 44 (Monday, November 5, 2001)]
    [Page 1579]
    [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 31, 2001

    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 is to continue in effect beyond the
    anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
    enclosed notice, stating that the Sudan emergency is to continue in
    effect beyond November 3, 2001, to the Federal Register for publication.
    The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the
    Federal Register on November 2, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 66163).
        The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the
    actions and policies of the Government of Sudan, including continuing
    concern about its record on terrorism and the prevalence of human rights
    violations, including slavery, restrictions on religious freedom, and
    restrictions on political freedom, that led to the declaration of a
    national emergency on November 3, 1997, has not been resolved. These
    actions and policies are hostile to U.S. interests and 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 continue the national emergency declared with respect
    to Sudan and maintain in force the comprehensive sanctions against Sudan
    to respond to this threat.
                                                    George W. Bush
     The White House,
     October 31, 2001.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    November 1.