[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 9 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Pages 352-353]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency 
Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or 
Institutions in Zimbabwe

March 2, 2005

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 of its declaration, the President 
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice 
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the 
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the 
national emergency blocking the property of

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persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe is 
to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2005. The most recent notice 
continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on March 
5, 2004 (69 FR 10313).
    The crisis 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 has not been resolved. 
These actions and policies pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
blocking the property of persons undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Zimbabwe and to maintain in force the sanctions to 
respond to this threat.

                                                George W. Bush

 The White House,
 March 2, 2005.