For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 4, 2002
Zimbabwe Proclamation
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Actions That Threaten Zimbabwe's Democratic Institutions and Transition to a Multi-Party Democracy
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In light of the political and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe and
the continued failure of President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean government
officials, and others to support the rule of law, and given the
importance to the United States of fostering democratic institutions in
Zimbabwe, I have determined that it is in the interest of the United
States to take all available measures to restrict the international
travel and to suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants
or nonimmigrants, of senior members of the government of Robert Mugabe
and others detailed below who formulate, implement, or benefit from
policies that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic institutions or
impede the transition to a multi-party democracy.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States
of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws
of the United States, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in
sections 2 and 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests
of the United States.
I therefore hereby proclaim that:
Section 1. The entry into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, of the following persons is hereby
suspended:
(a) Senior members of the government of Robert Mugabe
and other Zimbabwe nationals who formulate, implement, or benefit from
policies that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic institutions or
impede the transition to a multi-party democracy;
(b) Persons who through their business dealings with
Zimbabwe government officials derive significant financial benefit from
policies that undermine or injure Zimbabwe's democratic institutions or
impede the transition to a multi-party democracy; and
(c) The spouses of persons described in paragraphs (a)
and (b), above.
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply
with respect to any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry
of such person would not be contrary to the interest of the United
States.
Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 of this
proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of State or the
Secretary's designee, in his or her sole discretion, pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary may establish under section 5 of this
proclamation.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed
to derogate from United States Government obligations under applicable
international agreements.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility
for implementing this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary may establish.
Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and
shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary of State
determines that it is no longer necessary and should be terminated,
either in whole or in part. Any such termination shall become
effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second
day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-sixth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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