Admin l Tuesday, October 24, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States – President Donald Trump has extended emergency declaration in the Republic of Congo, based on Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, beyond October 27, 2017.
The President who made the revelation in his letter to the Congress of the United States said the situation in relation to, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been marked by widespread violence and atrocities which have continued to threaten regional stability and pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States.
” For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13413 with respect to the situation in, or in relation to, the Democratic Republic of the Congo”, he said.
According to him, Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days of 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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to the situation in, or in relation to, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, is to continue in effect beyond October 27, 2017”, he said.
