[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 22 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Page 795]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
Actions and Policies of Certain Members of the Government of Belarus and 
Other Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in 
Belarus

June 6, 2008

    On June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, I declared a national 
emergency and ordered related measures blocking the property of certain 
persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Belarus, 
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 national security and foreign policy of the 
United States constituted by the actions and policies of certain members 
of the Government of Belarus and other persons that have undermined 
democratic processes or institutions; committed human rights abuses 
related to political repression, including detentions and 
disappearances; and engaged in public corruption, including by diverting 
or misusing Belarusian public assets or by misusing public authority.
    Because these actions and policies continue to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States, the national emergency declared on June 16, 2006, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue 
in effect beyond June 16, 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 declared in Executive Order 
13405.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush

 The White House,
 June 6, 2008.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:54 a.m., June 9, 
2008]

Note: This notice will be published in the Federal Register on June 10.