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Title 3— 

The President 

Notice of June 21, 2021 

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to 

North Korea 

On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President declared a 

national emergency with respect to North Korea pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) to deal with the 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy 

of the United States constituted by the existence and risk of the proliferation 

of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula. The President 

also found that it was necessary to maintain certain restrictions with respect 

to North Korea that would otherwise have been lifted pursuant to Proclamation 8271 of June 26, 2008, which terminated the exercise of authorities 

under the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1–44) with respect 

to North Korea. 

On August 30, 2010, the President signed Executive Order 13551, which 

expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

13466 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 

security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the 

continued actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested 

by its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the Republic of 

Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of 46 sailors in March 2010; 

its announced test of a nuclear device and its missile launches in 2009; 

its actions in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 

and 1874, including the procurement of luxury goods; and its illicit and 

deceptive activities in international markets through which it obtains financial and other support, including money laundering, the counterfeiting of 

goods and currency, bulk cash smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which 

destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil United States Armed Forces, 

allies, and trading partners in the region. 

On April 18, 2011, the President signed Executive Order 13570 to take 

additional steps to address the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 13466 and expanded in Executive Order 13551 that would ensure 

implementation of the import restrictions contained in United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and complement the import restrictions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

seq.). 

On January 2, 2015, the President signed Executive Order 13687 to expand 

the scope of, and to take further steps with respect to, the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 13466, as expanded in Executive Order 13551, 

and addressed further in Executive Order 13570, to address the threat to 

the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States 

constituted by the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and 

policies of the Government of North Korea, including its destructive, coercive 

cyber-related actions during November and December 2014, actions in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, and 

2094, and commission of serious human rights abuses. 

On March 15, 2016, the President signed Executive Order 13722 to take 

additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 13466, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps 

in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the Government of North Korea’s 

continuing pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, as evidenced by 


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its February 7, 2016, launch using ballistic missile technology and its January 

6, 2016, nuclear test in violation of its obligations pursuant to numerous 

United Nations Security Council resolutions and in contravention of its 

commitments under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement of the SixParty Talks, that increasingly imperils the United States and its allies. 

On September 20, 2017, the President signed Executive Order 13810 to 

take further steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional 

steps in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North 

Korea, including its intercontinental ballistic missile launches of July 3 

and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of September 2, 2017; its commission 

of serious human rights abuses; and its use of funds generated through 

international trade to support its nuclear and missile programs and weapons 

proliferation. 

The existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material 

on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government 

of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 

the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. 

For this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, 

expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551, addressed further in Executive 

Order 13570, further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687, and 

under which additional steps were taken in Executive Order 13722 and 

Executive Order 13810, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2021. 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 13466 with respect to North Korea. 

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

the Congress. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

June 21, 2021. [FR Doc. 2021–13536 

Filed 6–22–21; 11:15 am] 

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