For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 9, 2001
Continuation of Emergency Notice
Continuation of Emergency
Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, President Clinton
declared a national emergency with respect to the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear,
biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the
means of delivering such weapons. Because the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the
national emergency first declared on November 14, 1994, and extended on
November 14, 1995, November 12, 1996, November 13, 1997, November 12,
1998, November 10, 1999, and November 12, 2000, must continue in effect
beyond November 14, 2001. 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 12938.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 9, 2001.
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