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89–011 2019

116th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 116–15 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN 

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13288 OF MARCH 6, 2003, WITH RESPECT TO 

THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE 

GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND OTHER PERSONS TO UNDERMINE ZIMBABWE’S DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS, 

IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 6, 2019, PURSUANT 

TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 

1257) 

MARCH 5, 2019.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, March 4, 2019. 

Hon. NANCY PELOSI, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days before 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 to the Federal 

Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 

2003, with respect to the actions and policies of certain members 

of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine 

Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions is to continue in 

effect beyond March 6, 2019. 

Zimbabwe’s national elections in July 2018 offered an opportunity for Zimbabwe to set itself on a new path and to implement 

reforms that could allow the United States to reengage in ways not 

previously possible. While the election itself was an improvement 

over past elections, post-election violence, credible reports of intimidation and clear bias of the electoral commission kept it from being 

fully free and fair. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has yet to implement the political and economic overhaul required to rebuild its reputation within the international community 

and dramatically improve its relationship with the United States. 

The actions and policies of certain members of the Government 

of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For 

these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 

the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 with respect to Zimbabwe and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

ZIMBABWE

On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President declared a national emergency and blocked the property of certain 

persons, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706), to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s 

democratic processes or institutions. These actions and policies had 

contributed to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in 

Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and intimidation in 

that country, and to political and economic instability in the southern African region. 

On November 22, 2005, the President issued Executive Order 

13391 to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 by ordering the blocking 

of the property of additional persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe. 

On July 25, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 13469, 

which expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in 

Executive Order 13288 and authorized the blocking of the property 

of additional persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe. 

The actions and policies of these persons continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United 

States. For this reason, the national emergency declared on March 

6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that date, on November 22, 

2005, and on July 25, 2008, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2019. 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 13288. 

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 4, 2019. 

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