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Executive Order 13069 of December 12, 1997

Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to UNITA

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.), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c)(UNPA), and section 301

of title 3, United States Code, in view of United Nations Security Council

Resolution 1127 of August 28, 1997, and 1130 of September 29, 1997,

and in order to take additional steps with respect to the actions and policies

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

the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12865, I, WILLIAM

J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, hereby order:

Section 1. Except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, directives,

or licenses issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding the existence

of any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by any international agreement or any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior

to the effective date of this order, all UNITA offices located in the United

States shall be immediately and completely closed.

Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, directives,

or licenses issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding the existence

of any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by any international agreement or any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior

to the effective date of this order, the following are prohibited:

(a) the sale, supply, or making available in any form, by United States

persons or from the United States or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft,

of any aircraft or aircraft components, regardless of origin:

(i) to UNITA; or

(ii) to the territory of Angola other than through a point of entry specified

pursuant to section 4 of this order;

(b) the insurance, engineering, or servicing by United States persons or

from the United States of any aircraft owned or controlled by UNITA;

(c) the granting of permission to any aircraft to take off from, land in,

or overfly the United States if the aircraft, as part of the same flight or

as a continuation of that flight, is destined to land in or has taken off

from a place in the territory of Angola other than one specified pursuant

to section 4 of this order;

(d) the provision or making available by United States persons or from

the United States of engineering and maintenance servicing, the certification

of airworthiness, the payment of new claims against existing insurance contracts, or the provision, renewal, or making available of direct insurance

with respect to:

(i) any aircraft registered in Angola other than those specified pursuant

to section 4 of this order; or

(ii) any aircraft that entered the territory of Angola other than through

a point of entry specified pursuant to section 4 of this order;

(e) any transaction by any United States person or within the United

States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding,

or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order.
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Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order:

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity;

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture,

corporation, or other organization;

(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen,

permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United

States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States;

(d) the term ‘‘UNITA’’ includes:

(i) the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA),

known in English as the ‘‘National Union for the Total Independence of

Angola;’’

(ii) the Forcas Armadas para a Liberacao de Angola (FALA), known in

English as the ‘‘Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola;’’ and

(iii) any person acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any of

the foregoing, including the Center for Democracy in Angola (CEDA).

Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary

of State and, as appropriate, other agencies, is hereby authorized to take

such actions, including the specification of places, points of entry, and

aircraft registered in Angola for purposes of section 2(a), (c), and (d) of

this order, the authorization in appropriate cases of medical emergency

flights or flights of aircraft carrying food, medicine, or supplies for essential

humanitarian needs, and the promulgation of rules and regulations, and

to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA and UNPA as

may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary

of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers

and agencies of the United States Government. All agencies of the United

States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures

within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order, including

suspension or termination of licenses or other authorizations in effect as

of the effective date of this order.

Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or benefit,

substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the United States,

its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other

person.

Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on

December 15, 1997.

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

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 12, 1997.

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