[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 29 (Monday, July 24, 2006)]
[Pages 1360-1361]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of 
Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of Certain Goods From 
Liberia

July 18, 2006

    On July 22, 2004, by Executive Order 13348, I declared a national 
emergency and ordered related measures blocking the property of certain 
persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods from Liberia, 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-

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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 former Liberian President Charles Taylor and 
other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian 
resources and their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds 
and property, which have undermined Liberia's transition to democracy 
and the orderly development of its political, administrative, and 
economic institutions and resources. I further noted that the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed on August 18, 2003, and the related 
ceasefire had not yet been universally implemented throughout Liberia, 
and that the illicit trade in round logs and timber products was linked 
to the proliferation of and trafficking in illegal arms, which 
perpetuated the Liberian conflict and fueled and exacerbated other 
conflicts throughout West Africa.
    Today, Liberia is making a transition to a peaceful, democratic 
order under the new administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. 
Charles Taylor is in the custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone 
in The Hague. However, the stability in Liberia is fragile. The actions 
and policies of Charles Taylor and others have left a legacy of 
destruction that still has the potential to undermine Liberia's 
transformation and recovery.
    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 July 22, 2004, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue 
in effect beyond July 22, 2006. 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 declared in Executive Order 
13348.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 July 18, 2006.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 19, 
2006]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on July 20.