THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release September 22, 2000
NOTICE
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CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO UNITA
On September 26, 1993, by Executive Order 12865, I declared a national
emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign
policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of the
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), prohibiting
the sale or supply by United States persons or from the United States, or
using U.S. registered vessels or aircraft, of arms, related materiel of all
types, petroleum, and petroleum products to the territory of Angola, other
than through designated points of entry. The order also prohibits the sale
or supply of such commodities to UNITA. On December 12, 1997, in order to
take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 12865, I issued Executive Order 13069, closing all UNITA
offices in the United States and imposing additional sanctions with regard
to the sale or supply of aircraft or aircraft parts, the granting of
take-off, landing and overflight permission, and the provision of certain
aircraft-related services. On August 18, 1998, in order to take further
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order
12865, I issued Executive Order 13098, blocking all property and interests
in property of UNITA and designated UNITA officials and adult members of
their immediate families, prohibiting the importation of certain diamonds
exported from Angola, and imposing additional
sanctions with regard to the sale or supply of equipment used in mining,
motorized vehicles, watercraft, spare parts for motorized vehicles or
watercraft, mining services, and ground or waterborne transportation
services.
Because of our continuing international obligations and because of the
prejudicial effect that discontinuation of the sanctions would have on
prospects for peace in Angola, the national emergency declared on September
26, 1993, and the measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal with that
emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 26, 2000. Therefore,
in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency with respect to
UNITA.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
to the Congress.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 22, 2000.
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