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<![CDATA[ THE WHITE HOUSE <br>
Office of the Press Secretary<br>
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For Immediate Release November 8, 1999<br>
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<p align="left"><b>TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:<br>
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<p align="left">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 declaration, 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 Iran emergency declared in 1979 is to continue in effect beyond
November 14, 1999, to the Federal Register for publication. Similar
notices have been sent annually to the Congress and published in the
Federal Register since November 12, 1980. The most recent notice appeared
in the Federal Register on November 12, 1998.<br>
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<p align="left">This emergency is separate
from that declared with respect to Iran on March 15, 1995, in Executive
Order 12957.
The crisis between the United States and Iran that began in 1979 has not
been fully resolved. The international tribunal established to adjudicate
claims of the United States and U.S. nationals against Iran and of the
Iranian government and Iranian nationals against the United States
continues to function, and normalization of commercial and diplomatic
relations between the United States and Iran has not been achieved. On
March 15, 1995, I declared a separate national emergency with respect to
Iran pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and
imposed separate sanctions. By Executive Order 12959 of May 6, 1995, these
sanctions were significantly augmented, and by Executive Order 13059 of
August 19, 1997, the sanctions imposed in 1995 were further clarified.<br>
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these circumstances, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in
force the broad authorities that are in place by virtue of the November 14,
1979, declaration of emergency, including the authority to block certain
property of the Government of Iran, and which are needed in the process of
implementing the January 1981 agreements with Iran. <br>
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WILLIAM J. CLINTON<br>
THE WHITE HOUSE<br>
November 5, 1999.<br>
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