DATE=  11/4/97

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

NUMBER=2-222152

TITLE=U-S / SUDAN SANCTIONS (S)

BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN

DATELINE=STATE DEPT.

CONTENT=

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INTRO:  PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS DECIDED TO IMPOSE COMPREHENSIVE

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN. RON PEMSTEIN

REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT ON THE SANCTIONS AND THE

REASONS BEHIND THEM.



TEXT:  ACTING BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL MOVES TO CUT OFF AMERICAN

TRADE WITH SUDAN, PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS DECIDED TO IMPOSE HIS OWN

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.



SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT ACCUSES SUDAN OF CONTINUING

TO SPONSOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, OF DE-STABILIZING ITS

NEIGHBORS, AND OF VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENGAGING IN

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.



UNDER THE NEW SANCTIONS, SUDAN'S ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE

FROZEN -- AND TRADE AND MOST FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH SUDAN

ARE PROHIBITED.



SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT SAYS EARLIER AMERICAN SANCTIONS

AGAINST SUDAN HAVE NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE.



                       ///ALBRIGHT ACT///



         WE TAKE THESE STEPS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN HAS

         FAILED TO RESPOND TO REPEATED EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN OR

         TO THE IMPOSITION OF LESSER SANCTIONS.



                          ///END ACT///



THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CONVINCING THE

UNITED NATIONS TO JOIN ITS SANCTIONS AGAINST SUDAN. (SIGNED)



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04-Nov-97 1:49 PM EST (1849 UTC)

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