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United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1001
Notice—Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor,
July 16, 2008
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.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
George W. Bush
The White House,
July 16, 2008.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:27 a.m., July 17, 2008]
Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on July 18.
Chicago: George W. Bush, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1001 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1001 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ILEG57NQWB7ESYS.
MLA: Bush, George W. United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1001, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1001, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ILEG57NQWB7ESYS.
Harvard: Bush, GW, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1001. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1001. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ILEG57NQWB7ESYS.
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