For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 19, 2005
Text of a Letter from the President to the Congress of the United States
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides
for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the
anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal
Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency
is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with
the provision, I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for
publication stating that the national emergency and related measures
blocking the property of certain persons and prohibiting the importation of
certain goods from Liberia are to continue in effect beyond July 22, 2005.
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, continue to undermine Liberia's transition to democracy and the
orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic
institutions and resources. These actions and policies pose a continuing
unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United
States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to
continue the national emergency and related measures blocking the property
of certain persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods from
Liberia.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 19, 2005.
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