Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan
Record date: 2020-04-02
Notice of April 1, 2020 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan On April 3, 2014, by Executive Order 13664 , the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706 ) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2020-07126
- Publication date
- 2020-04-02
- Citation
- 85 FR 18855
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
Official record excerpt
Notice of April 1, 2020 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan On April 3, 2014, by Executive Order 13664 , the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706 ) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations. The situation in and in relation to South Sudan continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared on April 3, 2014, to deal with that threat must continue in effect beyond April 3, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) ), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13664 . This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. THE WHITE HOUSE, April 1, 2020. [ FR Doc. 2020-07126 Filed 4-1-20; 11:15 am] Billing code 3295-F0-P
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- What conditions were cited to continue the emergency?
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- What later action renewed, narrowed or ended it?
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