[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 139 (Friday, July 18, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 42255-42256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-1452]



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Part IV





The President





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Notice of July 16, 2008--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to the Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 139 / Friday, July 18, 2008 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Notice of July 16, 2008

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect to the Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor

                On July 22, 2004, by Executive Order 13348, I 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). I 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. I 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, 2008. 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.

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                This notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.
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                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    July 16, 2008.

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