[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 3, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 3CFR7524]

Proc. 7524

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Proclamation 7524 of February 22, 2002

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible 
for Actions That Threaten Zimbabwe's Democratic Institutions and Transition 
to a Multi-Party Democracy

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

          In light of the political and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe 
          and the continued failure of President Robert Mugabe, 
          Zimbabwean government officials, and others to support the 
          rule of law, and given the importance to the United States of 
          fostering democratic institutions in Zimbabwe, I have 
          determined that it is in the interest of the United States to 
          take all available measures to restrict the international 
          travel and to suspend the entry into the United States, as 
          immigrants or nonimmigrants, of senior members of the 
          government of Robert Mugabe and others detailed below who 
          formulate, implement, or benefit from policies that undermine 
          or injure Zimbabwe's democratic institutions or impede the 
          transition to a multi-party democracy.
          NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United 
          States of America, by the authority vested in me by the 
          Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 
          212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 
          U.S.C. 1182(f), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
          Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and 
          nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described 
          in section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided 
          for in sections 2 and 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental 
          to the interests of the United States.
          I therefore hereby proclaim that:
          etion 1. The entry into the United 
          States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of the following 
          persons is hereby suspended:
          (a) Senior members of the government of Robert Mugabe and 
          other Zimbabwe nationals who formulate, implement, or benefit 
          from policies that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic 
          institutions or impede the transition to a multi-party 
          democracy;
          (b) Persons who through their business dealings with Zimbabwe 
          government officials derive significant financial benefit from 
          policies that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic 
          institutions or impede the transition to a multi-party 
          democracy; and
          (c) The spouses of persons described in paragraphs (a) and 
          (b), above.
          e. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation 
          shall not apply with respect to any person otherwise covered 
          by section 1 where entry of such person would not be contrary 
          to the interest of the United States.
          e. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 
          of this proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of 
          State or the Secretary's designee, in his or her sole 
          discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary may 
          establish under section 5 of this proclamation.

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          e. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall 
          be construed to derogate from United States Government 
          obligations under applicable international agreements.
          e. 5. The Secretary of State shall have 
          responsibility for implementing this proclamation pursuant to 
          such procedures as the Secretary may establish.
          e. 6. This proclamation is effective 
          immediately and shall remain in effect until such time as the 
          Secretary of State determines that it is no longer necessary 
          and should be terminated, either in whole or in part. Any such 
          termination shall become effective upon publication in the 
          Federal eister.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-
          second day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
          two, and of the Independence of the United States of America 
          the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

GEORGE W. BUSH