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69–011 2008

110th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 110–134 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER LIBERIAN REGIME OF 

CHARLES TAYLOR IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 

22, 2008, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

JULY 17, 2008.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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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 to the Federal Register for publication, stating that the national emergency and related measures 

dealing with the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor are to 

continue in effect beyond July 22, 2008. 

Today, Liberia continues its peaceful transition to a democratic 

order under the administration of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. 

The Government of Liberia has implemented reforms that have allowed for the removal of international sanctions on Liberian timber 

and diamonds, and Liberia is participating in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative to ensure that its natural resources are used to 

benefit the people and country of Liberia, rather than to fuel conflict. Charles Taylor is standing trial in The Hague by the Special 

Court for Sierra Leone. However, stability in Liberia is still fragile. 

The regulations implementing Executive Order 13348 clarify that 

the subject of this national emergency has been and remains limited to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor and specified 

other persons and not the country, citizens, Government, or Central Bank of Liberia. 

The actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles 

Taylor and other persons—in particular their unlawful depletion of 

Liberian resources, their trafficking in illegal arms, and their formation of irregular militia—continue to undermine Liberia’s transition to democracy and the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions and resources. These actions and policies pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

foreign policy of the United States, and for these reasons, I have 

determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 

with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 16, 2008. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

THE FORMER LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR

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. 

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