THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release September 22, 2000
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
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, stating
that the emergency declared with respect to the National Union for the
Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) is to continue in effect beyond
September 26, 2000, to the Federal Register for publication.
The circumstances that led to the declaration on September 26, 1993,
of a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions and policies
of UNITA pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign
policy of the United States. United Nations Security Council Resolutions
864 (1993), 1127 (1997), 1173 (1998), and 1176 (1998) continue to oblige
all member states to maintain sanctions. Discontinuation of the sanctions
would have a prejudicial effect on the prospects for peace in Angola. For
these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force
the broad authorities necessary to apply economic pressure on UNITA to
reduce its ability to pursue its military operations.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 22, 2000.
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