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49–011 2006

109th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 109–125 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO LIBERIA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 

TO LIBERIA IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 22, 2006, 

PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

JULY 19, 2006.—Referred to the Committee on International Relations 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 

blocking the property of certain persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods from Liberia are to continue in effect beyond 

July 22, 2006. The most recent notice continuing this emergency 

was published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2005 (70 FR 

41935). 

The actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles 

Taylor and his close associates, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property, 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 a continuing 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 and related measures blocking the property of 

certain persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods 

from Liberia. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 18, 2006. 


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NOTICE 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY BLOCKING PROPERTY

OF CERTAIN PERSONS AND PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION OF

CERTAIN GOODS FROM LIBERIA

On July 22, 2004, by Executive Order 13348, I declared a national emergency and ordered related measures blocking the property of certain persons and prohibiting the importation of certain 

goods from Liberia, 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 ceasefire 

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. 

Today, Liberia is making a transition to a peaceful, democratic 

order under the new administration of President Ellen JohnsonSirleaf. Charles Taylor is in the custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague. However, the stability in Liberia is fragile. The actions and policies of Charles Taylor and others have left 

a legacy of destruction that still has the potential 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, 2006. 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 18, 2006. 

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