[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 17 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Pages 804-806]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting an Executive Order Blocking 
Property of Persons in Connection With the Conflict in Sudan's Darfur 
Region

April 27, 2006

To the Congress of the United States:

    Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 
I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') 
blocking the property of persons in connection with the conflict in 
Sudan's Darfur region. In that order, I have expanded the scope of the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 
1997, with respect to the policies and actions of the Government of 
Sudan, to address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
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policy of the United States posed by the actions and circumstances 
involving Darfur, as described below.
    The United Nations Security Council, in Resolution 1591 of March 29, 
2005, condemned the continued violations of the N'djamena Ceasefire 
Agreement of April 8, 2004, and the Abuja Humanitarian and Security 
Protocols of November 9, 2004, by all sides in Darfur, as well as the 
deterioration of the security situation and the negative impact this has 
had on humanitarian assistance efforts. I also note that the United 
Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the continued violations 
of human rights and international humanitarian law in Sudan's Darfur 
region and, in particular, the continuation of violence against 
civilians and sexual violence against women and girls.
    United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1591 determined 
that the situation in Darfur constitutes a threat to international peace 
and security in the region and called on Member States to take certain 
measures against persons responsible for the continuing conflict. The 
United Nations Security Council has encouraged all parties to negotiate 
in good faith at the Abuja talks and to take immediate steps to support 
a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur, but has continued to 
express serious concern at the persistence of the crisis in Darfur in 
UNSCR 1651 of December 21, 2005.
    Pursuant to IEEPA, the National Emergencies Act, and the United 
Nations Participation Act (UNPA), I have determined that these actions 
and circumstances constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States, and have 
issued an Executive Order expanding the scope of the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13067 to deal with this threat.
    The order blocks the property and interests in property in the 
United States, or in the possession or control of United States persons, 
of the persons listed in the Annex to the order, as well as of any 
person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation 
with the Secretary of State,
 <bullet>    to have constituted a threat to the peace process in 
            Darfur;
 <bullet>    to have constituted a threat to stability in Darfur and the 
            region;
 <bullet>    to be responsible for conduct related to the conflict in 
            Darfur that violates international law;
 <bullet>    to be responsible for heinous conduct with respect to human 
            life or limb related to the conflict in Darfur;
 <bullet>    to have directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or 
            transferred arms or any related materiel, or any assistance, 
            advice, or training related to military activities to the 
            Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, the 
            Justice and Equality Movement, the Janjaweed, or any person 
            operating in the states of North Darfur, South Darfur, and 
            West Darfur, that is a belligerent, a nongovernmental 
            entity, or an individual; or
 <bullet>    to be responsible for offensive military overflights in and 
            over the Darfur region.
    The designation criteria will be applied in accordance with 
applicable domestic law, including where appropriate, the First 
Amendment of the United States Constitution.
    The order also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, after 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate for blocking any 
person determined to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 
in support of, the activities listed above or any person listed in or 
designated pursuant to the order. I further authorized the Secretary of 
the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to 
designate for blocking any person determined to be owned or controlled 
by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, any person listed in or designated pursuant to the order. 
The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State, is also authorized to remove any persons from the Annex to the 
order as circumstances warrant.
    I delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation 
with the Secretary of State, the authority to take such actions, 
including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all 
powers granted to the President by IEEPA and UNPA, as may be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of the

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order. All Federal agencies are directed to take all appropriate 
measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of the 
order.
    The order, a copy of which is enclosed, was effective at 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time on April 27, 2006.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 April 27, 2006.