    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 9 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
    [Pages 285-286]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Proclamation 7524--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants
    of Persons Responsible for Actions That Threaten Zimbabwe's Democratic
    Institutions and Transition to a Multi-Party Democracy

     February 22, 2002

     By the President of the United States

     of America

     A Proclamation

        In light of the political and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe and
    the continued failure of President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean government
    officials, and others to support the rule of law, and given the
    importance to the United States of fostering democratic institutions in
    Zimbabwe, I have determined that it is in the interest of the United
    States to take all available measures to restrict the international
    travel and to suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or
    nonimmigrants, of senior members of the government of Robert Mugabe and
    others detailed below who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies
    that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic institutions or impede
    the transition to a multi-party democracy.
        Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of
    America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of
    the United States, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and
    Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), and section 301 of title 3,
    United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and
    nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in
    section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in sections
    2 and 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the
    United States.
        I therefore hereby proclaim that:
        Section 1. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or
    nonimmigrants, of the following persons is hereby suspended:
        (a) Senior members of the government of Robert Mugabe and other
    Zimbabwe nationals who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies
    that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic institutions or impede
    the transition to a multi-party democracy;
        (b) Persons who through their business dealings with Zimbabwe
    government officials derive significant financial benefit from policies
    that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic institutions or impede
    the transition to a multi-party democracy; and
        (c) The spouses of persons described in paragraphs (a) and (b),
    above.
        Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect
    to any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person
    would not be contrary to the interest of the United States.
        Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 of this proclamation
    shall be identified by the Secretary of State or the Secretary's
    designee, in his or her sole discretion, pursuant

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    to such procedures as the Secretary may establish under section 5 of
    this proclamation.
        Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate
    from United States Government obligations under applicable international
    agreements.
        Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for
    implementing this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the
    Secretary may establish.
        Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and shall remain
    in effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it
    is no longer necessary and should be terminated, either in whole or in
    part. Any such termination shall become effective upon publication in
    the Federal Register.
        In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second
    day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
    sixth.
                                                    George W. Bush

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:51 a.m., February
    25, 2002]

    Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
    February 26. This item was not received in time for publication in the
    appropriate issue.