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Bill Clinton: to Angola (UNITA) March 23, 1998 To the Congress of the United States: I hereby report to the Congress on the…

On the recordMarch 23, 1998
to Angola (UNITA) March 23, 1998 To the Congress of the United States: I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since my last report of September 24, 1997, concerning the national emergency with respect to Angola that was declared in Executive Order 12865 of September 26, 1993. This report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c). On September 26, 1993, I declared a national emergency with respect to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (``UNITA''), invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c). Consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolution (``UNSCR'') 864, dated September 15, 1993, the order prohibited the sale or supply by United States persons or from the United States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and petroleum and petroleum products to the territory of Angola other than through designated points of entry. The order also prohibited such sale or supply to UNITA.…
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