[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 44 (Monday, November 3, 2003)]
[Pages 1488-1489]
[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 29, 2003

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

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of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and 
transmits to the Congress a notice stating the emergency is to continue 
in effect beyond the anniversary date. Consistent with this provision, I 
have sent the enclosed notice, stating the Sudan emergency is to 
continue in effect beyond November 3, 2003, to the Federal Register for 
publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was 
published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 
66525).
    The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan 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. Therefore, I have 
determined 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 29, 2003.