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79–011 2009

111th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 111–58 

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 AND RELATED 

MEASURES DEALING WITH THE FORMER LIBERIAN REGIME OF 

CHARLES TAYLOR ARE TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 

22, 2009, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

JULY 17, 2009.—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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice 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, 2009. 

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, 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 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 with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles 

Taylor. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 16, 2009. 


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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, the President 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). 

The President 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. 

The President 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, 

2009. 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. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 16, 2009. 

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