    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 9 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
    [Page 352]
    [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, 2005

        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 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, 2005. 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, 2005.

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:22 a.m., March 3,
    2005]

    Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on March 4.