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59–011 2015

114th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–76 

TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 

THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

THE TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN 

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13348 OF JULY 22, 2004, WITH RESPECT TO 

THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT 

CHARLES TAYLOR, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1701; PUB. L. 107– 

115, SEC. 531 

NOVEMBER 16, 2015.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, November 12, 2015. 

Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b), 

I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order that terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13348 of 

July 22, 2004, and revokes that Executive Order. I have determined that the situation that gave rise to this national emergency 

has been significantly altered by Liberia’s advances to promote democracy and the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions. 

The President issued Executive Order 13348 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United 

States posed 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. Executive Order 13348 

helped to ensure the preservation of Liberia’s resources, property, 

and funds and to deprive certain individuals of funding and arms 

for conflicts in West Africa, consistent with U.S. national security 

and foreign policy. Executive Order 13348 also implemented the 

United States asset freeze obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1532. 

With the advancements in Liberia including presidential elections in 2005 and 2011, which were internationally recognized as 

freely held; the 2012 conviction of, and 50-year prison sentence for, 

former Liberian President Charles Taylor and the affirmation on 

appeal of that conviction and sentence; and the diminished ability 

of those connected to former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 

undermine Liberia’s progress, and the United Nations Security 

Council’s termination of asset freeze obligations on September 2, 

2015, in UNSCR 2237, there is no further need for the blocking of 

assets imposed by Executive Order 13348. For these reasons, I 

have determined that it is necessary to terminate the national 

emergency declared in Executive Order 13348 and revoke that 

order. 

I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND

POLICIES OF FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

(NEA), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, as 

amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section 301 of title 3, 

United States Code, 

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, 

find that the situation that gave rise to the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, with 

respect to 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, has been significantly altered by Liberia’s significant advances to promote democracy and 

the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions, including presidential elections in 2005 and 

2011, which were internationally recognized as freely held; the 

2012 conviction of, and 50-year prison sentence for, former Liberian 

President Charles Taylor and the affirmation on appeal of that conviction and sentence; and the diminished ability of those connected 

to former Liberian President Charles Taylor to undermine Liberia’s 

progress. Accordingly, I hereby terminate the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 13348, revoke that order, and further 

order: 

Section 1. Pursuant to section 202(a) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 

1622(a)), termination of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13348 shall not affect any action taken or proceeding 

pending not finally concluded or determined as of the effective date 

of this order, any action or proceeding based on any act committed 

prior to the effective date, or any rights or duties that matured or 

penalties that were incurred prior to the effective date of this 

order. 

Sec. 2. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 

right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in 

equity by any party against the United States, its departments, 

agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other 

person. 


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Sec. 3. (a) This order is effective at 2:00 p.m. eastern standard 

time on November 12, 2015. 

(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published 

in the Federal Register. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 12, 2015. 

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