[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 43 (Monday, October 29, 2007)]
[Page 1411]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
Situation In or In Relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

October 24, 2007

    On October 27, 2006, by Executive Order 13413, I declared a national 
emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo and, pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), ordered related 
measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing to the 
conflict in that country. I took this action to deal with the unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States 
constituted by the situation in or in relation to the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and 
atrocities that continue to threaten regional stability and was 
addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1596 of 
April 18, 2005, Resolution 1649 of December 21, 2005, and Resolution 
1698 of July 31, 2006.
    Because this situation continues to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, the 
national emergency declared on October 27, 2006, and the measures 
adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in 
effect beyond October 27, 2007. 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 
13413.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 October 24, 2007.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:45 a.m., October 25, 
2007]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on October 26.