Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Lebanon
| Citation | 86 FR 38901 |
| Record Number | 2021-15808 |
| Published date | 22 July 2021 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Presidential Documents
38901
Federal Register
Vol. 86, No. 138
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Title 3—
The President
Notice of July 20, 2021
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Leb-
anon
On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President declared a
national emergency with respect to Lebanon 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 actions of certain persons to under-
mine Lebanon’s legitimate and democratically elected government or demo-
cratic 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. Such
actions contribute to political and economic instability in that country and
the region.
Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran’s continuing arms transfers to
Hizballah—which include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems—serve
to undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to political and economic
instability in the region, and continue to constitute an unusual and extraor-
dinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United
States. For this reason, the national emergency declared on August 1, 2007,
must continue in effect beyond August 1, 2021. 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 with respect to Lebanon
declared in Executive Order 13441.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to
the Congress.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 20, 2021.
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