Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea

• Published date: 23 June 2021
• Citation: 86 FR 33075
• Record Number: 2021-13536
• Section: Presidential Documents
• Court: Executive Office Of The President

Presidential Documents

33075

Federal Register

Vol. 86, No. 118

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Title 3—

The President

Notice of June 21, 2021

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to

North Korea

On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President declared a

national emergency with respect to North Korea pursuant to the International

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) to deal with the

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy

of the United States constituted by the existence and risk of the proliferation

of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula. The President

also found that it was necessary to maintain certain restrictions with respect

to North Korea that would otherwise have been lifted pursuant to Proclama-

tion 8271 of June 26, 2008, which terminated the exercise of authorities

under the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1–44) with respect

to North Korea.

On August 30, 2010, the President signed Executive Order 13551, which

expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order

13466 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national

security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the

continued actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested

by its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the Republic of

Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of 46 sailors in March 2010;

its announced test of a nuclear device and its missile launches in 2009;

its actions in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718

and 1874, including the procurement of luxury goods; and its illicit and

deceptive activities in international markets through which it obtains finan-

cial and other support, including money laundering, the counterfeiting of

goods and currency, bulk cash smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which

destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil United States Armed Forces,

allies, and trading partners in the region.

On April 18, 2011, the President signed Executive Order 13570 to take

additional steps to address the national emergency declared in Executive

Order 13466 and expanded in Executive Order 13551 that would ensure

implementation of the import restrictions contained in United Nations Secu-

rity Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and complement the import restric-

tions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et

seq.).

On January 2, 2015, the President signed Executive Order 13687 to expand

the scope of, and to take further steps with respect to, the national emergency

declared in Executive Order 13466, as expanded in Executive Order 13551,

and addressed further in Executive Order 13570, to address the threat to

the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States

constituted by the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and

policies of the Government of North Korea, including its destructive, coercive

cyber-related actions during November and December 2014, actions in viola-

tion of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, and

2094, and commission of serious human rights abuses.

On March 15, 2016, the President signed Executive Order 13722 to take

additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive

Order 13466, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps

in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the Government of North Korea’s

continuing pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, as evidenced by

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its February 7, 2016, launch using ballistic missile technology and its January

6, 2016, nuclear test in violation of its obligations pursuant to numerous

United Nations Security Council resolutions and in contravention of its

commitments under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement of the Six-

Party Talks, that increasingly imperils the United States and its allies.

On September 20, 2017, the President signed Executive Order 13810 to

take further steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Execu-

tive Order 13466, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional

steps in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the provocative, desta-

bilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North

Korea, including its intercontinental ballistic missile launches of July 3

and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of September 2, 2017; its commission

of serious human rights abuses; and its use of funds generated through

international trade to support its nuclear and missile programs and weapons

proliferation.

The existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material

on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government

of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to

the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.

For this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466,

expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551, addressed further in Executive

Order 13570, further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687, and

under which additional steps were taken in Executive Order 13722 and

Executive Order 13810, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2021. There-

fore, 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 13466 with respect to North Korea.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to

the Congress.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 21, 2021.

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