[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 10 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Pages 317-318]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of 
Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

March 2, 2004

    On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, I declared a national 
emergency blocking the property of persons undermining democratic 
processes or institutions in Zimbabwe, pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). I took this action 
to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy 
of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of certain 
members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine 
Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions, thus contributing to 
the deliberate breakdown in

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the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and 
intimidation in that country, and to political and economic instability 
in the southern African region.
    Because the actions and policies of these persons continue to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United 
States, the national emergency declared on March 6, 2003, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency must continue 
in effect beyond March 6, 2004. Therefore, in accordance with section 
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am 
continuing for 1 year the national emergency blocking the property of 
persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 March 2, 2004.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 4, 
2004]

Note: This notice was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
March 3, and it was published in the Federal Register on March 5.