[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 9 (Monday, March 3, 2003)]
[Pages 254-255]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and of 
the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and 
Movement of Vessels

February 27, 2003

    On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, President Clinton declared a 
national emergency to address the disturbance or threatened disturbance 
of international relations caused by the February 24, 1996, destruction 
by the Government of Cuba of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian 
aircraft in international airspace north of Cuba. In July 1996 and on 
subsequent occasions, the Government of Cuba stated its intent to 
forcefully defend its sovereignty against any U.S.-registered vessels or 
aircraft that might enter Cuban territorial waters or airspace while 
involved in a flotilla and peaceful protest. Since these events, the 
Government of Cuba has not demonstrated that it will refrain from the

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future use of reckless and excessive force against U.S. vessels or 
aircraft that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful protest 
north of Cuba. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the 
national emergency with respect to Cuba and the emergency authority 
relating to the regulation of the anchorage and movement of vessels set 
out in Proclamation 6867.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 February 27, 2003.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:34 p.m., February 
27, 2003]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on February 28.