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19–011 2003

108th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–69

TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 

ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF UNITA AND REVOCATION 

OF RELATED EXECUTIVE ORDERS

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION TO TERMINATE THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO UNITA AND TO LIFT THE SANCTIONS THAT HAVE 

BEEN USED TO APPLY ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON UNITA

MAY 7, 2003.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed


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To the Congress of the United States: 

Pursuant to section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622, I hereby report that I have 

issued an Executive Order (the ‘‘Order’’), that terminates the national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 12865 

of September 26, 1993, with respect to the actions and policies of 

the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) 

and revokes that order, Executive Order 13069 of December 12, 

1997, and Executive Order 13098 of August 18, 1998. 

The Order will have the effect of lifting the sanctions imposed on 

UNITA in Executive Orders 12865, 13069, and 13098. These trade 

and financial sanctions were imposed to support international efforts to force UNITA to abandon armed conflict and return to the 

peace process outlined in the Lusaka Protocol, as reflected in 

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 

(1997), and 1173 (1998). 

The death of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in February 2002 enabled the Angolan government and UNITA to sign the Luena 

Memorandum of Understanding on April 4, 2002. This agreement 

established an immediate cease-fire and called for UNITA’s return 

to the peace process laid out in the 1994 Lusaka Protocol. In accordance therewith, UNITA quartered all its military personnel in 

established reception areas and handed its remaining arms over to 

the Angolan government. In September 2002, the Angolan government and UNITA reestablished the Lusaka Protocol’s Joint Commission to resolve outstanding political issues. On November 21, 

2002, the Angolan government and UNITA declared the provisions 

of the Lusaka Protocol fully implemented and called for the lifting 

of sanctions on UNITA imposed by the United Nations Security 

Council. 

With the successful implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and 

the demilitarization of UNITA, the circumstances that led to the 

declaration of a national emergency on September 26, 1993, have 

been resolved. The actions and policies of UNITA no longer pose an 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the 

United States. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1448 

(2002) lifted the measures imposed pursuant to prior U.N. Security 

Council resolutions related to UNITA. The continuation of sanctions imposed by Executive Orders 12865, 13069, and 13098 would 

have a prejudicial effect on the development of UNITA as an opposition political party, and therefore, on democratization in Angola. 

For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to terminate the national emergency with respect to UNITA and to lift the 

sanctions that have been used to apply economic pressure on 

UNITA. 

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

Order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 7, 

2003.

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 6, 2003.

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EXECUTIVE ORDER

TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND

POLICIES OF UNITA AND REVOCATION OF RELATED EXECUTIVE

ORDERS

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.), 

the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended 

(22 U.S.C. 287c) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and 

in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1448 of December 9, 2002, 

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that the situation that gave rise to the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 12865 of September 26, 1993, 

with respect to the actions and policies of the National Union for 

the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), and that led to the 

steps taken in that order and in Executive Order 13069 of December 12, 1997, and Executive Order 13098 of August 18, 1998, has 

been significantly altered by the recent and continuing steps toward peace taken by the Government of Angola and UNITA. Accordingly, I hereby terminate the national emergency declared in 

Executive Order 12865, revoke Executive Orders, 12865, 13069, 

and 13098, and order: 

Section 1. Pursuant to section 202 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1622), 

termination of the national emergency with respect to the actions 

and policies of UNITA shall not affect any action taken or proceeding pending, not finally concluded or determined as of the effective date of this order, or any action or proceeding based on any 

act committed prior to the effective date of this order, 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, or its departments, 

agencies, entities, officers, employees, or agents. 

Sec. 3. (a) This order is effective 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 

on May 7, 2003. 

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

in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 6, 2003.

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