[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 28 (Monday, July 21, 2008)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor

July 16, 2008

    On July 22, 2004, by Executive Order 13348, I declared a national 
emergency and ordered related measures, including the blocking of the 
property of certain persons connected to the former Liberian regime of 
Charles Taylor, 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 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 cease-fire 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.
    The actions and policies of Charles Taylor and others have left a 
legacy of destruction that continues 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, 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 13348.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 July 16, 2008.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:27 a.m., July 17, 
2008]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on July 18.