[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 6 (Monday, February 12, 2007)]
[Page 123]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to
Cote d'Ivoire

February 5, 2007

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 the 
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of 
certain persons contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire are to 
continue in effect beyond February 7, 2007.
    The situation in or in relation to Cote d'Ivoire, which has been 
addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1572 of 
November 15, 2004, and subsequent resolutions, has resulted in the 
massacre of large numbers of civilians, widespread human rights abuses, 
significant political violence and unrest, and attacks against 
international peacekeeping forces leading to fatalities. This situation 
poses a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
and related measures blocking the property of certain persons 
contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
February 5, 2007.

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
February 6.