For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 3, 2004
Notice Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe
On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, I declared a national
emergency blocking the property of persons undermining democratic
processes or institutions in Zimbabwe, 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
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions, thus
con-tributing to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in
Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and intimidation in that
country, and to political and economic instability in the southern
African region.
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 March 6, 2003, and the
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency must continue
in effect beyond March 6, 2004. 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 blocking the property of
persons under-mining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 2, 2004.
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