Message to the Congress - Regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Washington, D.C. (United States) (OFFICIAL WIRE) July 8, 2014
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive
Order (the "order") taking additional steps with respect to the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27,
2006 (E.O. 13413).
In E.O. 13413, it was determined that the situation in or in relation
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been marked by
widespread violence and atrocities that continue to threaten regional
stability and was addressed by the United Nations Security Council in
Resolution 1596 of April 18, 2005, Resolution 1649 of December 21,
2005, and Resolution 1698 of July 31, 2006, constitutes an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. To
address that threat, E.O. 13413 blocks the property and interests in
property of persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13413 or determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, to meet criteria specified in E.O. 13413.
In view of multiple additional United Nations Security Council
Resolutions including, most recently, Resolution 2136 of January 30,
2014, I am issuing the order to take additional steps to deal with the
national emergency declared in E.O. 13413, and to address the
continuation of activities that threaten the peace, security, or
stability of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the surrounding
region, including operations by armed groups, widespread violence and
atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child
soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, obstruction of humanitarian
operations, and exploitation of natural resources to finance persons
engaged in these activities.
The order amends the designation criteria specified in E.O. 13413. As
amended by the order, E.O. 13413 provides for the designation of
persons determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
to be a political or military leader of a foreign armed group
operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that impedes the
disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation, resettlement, or
reintegration of combatants;
to be a political or military leader of a Congolese armed group that
impedes the disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation,
resettlement, or reintegration of combatants;
to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly
or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
o actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
o actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or
institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
o the targeting of women, children, or any civilians through the
commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture,
or rape or other sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement, or
attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where
civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute
a serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation of
international humanitarian law;
o the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces
in the context of the conflict in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo;
o the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to,
humanitarian assistance;
o attacks against United Nations missions, international security
presences, or other peacekeeping operations; or o support to persons,
including armed groups, involved in activities that threaten the
peace, security, or stability of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
or that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, through the illicit trade in natural
resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
except where intended for the authorized support of humanitarian
activities or the authorized use by or support of peacekeeping,
international, or government forces, to have directly or indirectly
supplied, sold, or transferred to the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, or been the recipient in the territory of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo of, arms and related materiel, including
military aircraft and equipment, or advice, training, or assistance,
including financing and financial assistance, related to military
activities;
to be a leader of (i) an entity, including any armed group, that has,
or whose members have, engaged in any of the activities described
above or (ii) an entity whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413;
to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods or
services in support of (i) any of the activities described above or
(ii) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to E.O. 13413; or
to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for
or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413.
I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, the authority to take such actions,
including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all
powers granted to the President by IEEPA and the United Nations
Participation Act as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the
order. All agencies of the United States Government are directed to
take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the
provisions of the order.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
BARACK OBAMA
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