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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN
OR IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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MESSAGE
from
THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES
transmitting
A CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION
IN OR IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, PURSUANT TO
50 U.S.C. 1703(b)
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October 25, 2007.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
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, continues to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the
United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, and the related
measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing
to the conflict.
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 with respect to the situation in or in
relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the
related measures blocking the property of certain persons
contributing to the conflict in that country, must continue, in
effect beyond October 27, 2007.
George W. Bush.
The White House, October 24, 2007.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in
or in Relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
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