Part II

Federal Register: February 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 24)

Presidential Documents

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Presidential Documents

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Notice of February 4, 2009

Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect To the Situation In or In Relation To

C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire

On February 7, 2006, by Executive Order 13396, the

President declared a national emergency and ordered related measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing to the conflict in C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, pursuant to the International Emergency

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). The

President took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in or in relation to C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, which has been addressed by the United Nations Security

Council in Resolution 1572 of November 15, 2004, and subsequent resolutions, and has resulted in the massacre of large numbers of civilians, widespread human rights abuses, significant political violence and unrest, and attacks against international peacekeeping forces leading to fatalities. Because the situation in or in relation to C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on February 7, 2006, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond February 7, 2009.

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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 13396.

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

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, February 4, 2009

FR Doc. E9-2722

Filed 2-5-09; 12:00 pm

Billing code 3195-W9-P