[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 148 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 44895-44896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17787]



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Part IV





The President





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Notice of July 30, 2008--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect To the Actions of Certain Persons To Undermine the Sovereignty 
of Lebanon Or Its Democratic Processes And Institutions


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 148 / Thursday, July 31, 2008 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Notice of July 30, 2008

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect To the Actions of Certain Persons To Undermine 
                the Sovereignty of Lebanon Or Its Democratic Processes 
                And Institutions

                On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, I declared 
                a national emergency and ordered related measures 
                blocking the property of certain persons undermining 
                the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes 
                or institutions and certain other persons, 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 national 
                security and foreign policy of the United States 
                constituted by the actions of certain persons to 
                undermine Lebanon's legitimate and democratically 
                elected government or democratic institutions, to 
                contribute to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of 
                law in Lebanon, including through politically motivated 
                violence and intimidation, to reassert Syrian control 
                or contribute to Syrian interference in Lebanon, or to 
                infringe upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty which 
                contributes to political and economic instability in 
                that country and the region.

                Because these actions continue to pose an unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security and 
                foreign policy of the United States, the national 
                emergency declared on August 1, 2007, and the measures 
                adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must 
                continue in effect beyond August 1, 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 13441.

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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 30, 2008.

[FR Doc. E8-17787
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