[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 9 (Monday, March 10, 2008)]
[Pages 323-324]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe

March 4, 2008

    On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, I declared a national 
emergency and blocked the property of persons undermining democratic 
processes or institutions in Zimbabwe, pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). 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 certain 
members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine 
Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions. These actions have 
contributed to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, 
politically motivated violence and intimidation, and political and 
economic instability in the southern African region. On November 22, 
2005, I issued Executive Order 13391 to take additional steps with 
respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 by 
ordering the blocking of the property of additional persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
    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 March 6, 2003, and the 
measures adopted on that date and on November 22, 2005, to deal with 
that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2008. 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 with 
respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the Government 
of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic 
processes or institutions.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 March 4, 2008.

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 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:38 a.m., March 4, 
2008]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on March 5.