[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 28829-28830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13381]



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Part VI





The President





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Executive Order 13213--Additional Measures With Respect To Prohibiting 
the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone


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Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2001 / 
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The President

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                Executive Order 13213 of May 22, 2001

                
Additional Measures With Respect To Prohibiting 
                the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

                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, and in view of the 
                national emergency described and declared in Executive 
                Order 13194 of January 18, 2001, and United Nations 
                Security Council Resolutions 1306 of July 5, 2000, and 
                1343 of March 7, 2001,

                I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of 
                America, take note that in Executive Order 13194, the 
                President responded to, among other things, the 
                insurgent Revolutionary United Front's (RUF) illicit 
                trade in diamonds to fund its operations in the civil 
                war in Sierra Leone by declaring a national emergency 
                and, consistent with United Nations Security Council 
                Resolution 1306, by prohibiting the importation into 
                the United States of all rough diamonds from Sierra 
                Leone except for those importations controlled through 
                the Certificate of Origin regime of the Government of 
                Sierra Leone. United Nations Security Council 
                Resolution 1343 takes note that the bulk of RUF 
                diamonds leaves Sierra Leone through Liberia and that 
                such illicit trade cannot be conducted without the 
                permission and involvement of Liberian government 
                officials at the highest levels; determines that the 
                active support provided by the Government of Liberia 
                for the RUF and other armed rebel groups in neighboring 
                countries constitutes a threat to international peace 
                and security in the region; and decides that all states 
                shall take the necessary measures to prevent the 
                importation of all rough diamonds from Liberia, whether 
                or not such diamonds originated in Liberia. The 
                Government of Liberia's complicity in the RUF's illicit 
                trade in diamonds and its other forms of support for 
                the RUF are direct challenges to United States foreign 
                policy objectives in the region as well as to the rule-
                based international order that is crucial to the peace 
                and prosperity of the United States. Therefore, I find 
                these actions by the Government of Liberia contribute 
                to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
                policy of the United States described in Executive 
                Order 13194 with respect to which the President 
                declared a national emergency. In order to deal with 
                that threat and to ensure further that the direct or 
                indirect importation into the United States of rough 
                diamonds from Sierra Leone will not contribute 
                financial support to further aggressive actions by the 
                RUF or to the RUF's procurement of weapons; to 
                implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 
                1343; and to counteract, among other things, the 
                Government of Liberia's facilitation of and 
                participation in the RUF's illicit trade in diamonds 
                through Liberia, I hereby order the following 
                additional measures be taken with respect to 
                prohibiting the importation of rough diamonds from 
                Sierra Leone:

                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, the direct or 
                indirect importation into the United States of all 
                rough diamonds from Liberia, whether or not such

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                diamonds originated in Liberia, on or after the 
                effective date of this order is prohibited.

                Sec. 2. Any transaction by a 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 is prohibited. Any conspiracy formed to violate 
                any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is 
                prohibited.

                Sec. 3. The definitions contained in section 4 of 
                Executive Order 13194 apply to the terms used in this 
                order.

                Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to 
                take such actions, including 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 modification, 
                suspension, or termination of licenses or 
                authorizations in effect as of the date of this order.

                Sec. 5. This order is not intended to create, nor does 
                it create, any right, benefit, or privilege, 
                substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a 
                party against the United States, its agencies, 
                officers, or any other person.

                Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. 
                eastern daylight time on May 23, 2001.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     May 22, 2001.

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