For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 30, 2002
Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
October 29, 2002
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Mr. President:)
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 decla-ration, 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 this provision, I have sent the
enclosed notice, stating that the Sudan emergency is to continue in
effect beyond November 3, 2002, to the Federal Register for
publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was
published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg.
55869).
The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan, including continuing
concern about the presence and activities of certain terrorist groups,
including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the prevalence of
human rights violations, including slavery, restrictions on religious
freedom, and restrictions on political freedom, that led to the
declaration of a national emergency on November 3, 1997, has not been
resolved. These actions and policies are hostile to U.S. interests and
pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency
declared with respect to Sudan and maintain in force the comprehensive
sanctions against Sudan to respond to this threat.
Sincerely,
GEORGE W. BUSH
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