October 19, 1998

NOTICE

                               THE WHITE HOUSE

                        Office of the Press Secretary
  For Immediate Release                                  October 19, 1998



                                   NOTICE

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       CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS
                      TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA


     On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, I declared a national
  emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the
  national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
  constituted by the actions of significant foreign narcotics traffickers
  centered in Colombia, and the unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm
  that they cause in the United States and abroad.  The order blocks all
  property and interests in property of foreign persons listed in an Annex
  to the order, as well as foreign persons determined to play a significant
  role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia, to
  materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for
  or goods or services in support of, the narcotics trafficking activities
  of persons designated in or pursuant to the order, or to be owned or
  controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated in or
  pursuant to the order.  The order also prohibits any transaction or
  dealing by United States persons or within the United States in such
  property or interests in property.  Because the activities of significant
  narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to threaten the
  national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and
  to cause unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm in the United States
  and abroad, the national emergency declared on October 21, 1995, and the
  measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal with that emergency, must
  continue in effect beyond October 21, 1998.  Therefore, in accordance
  with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
  I am continuing the national emergency for 1 year with respect to
  significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia.

     This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted
  to the Congress.


                                   WILLIAM J. CLINTON

  THE WHITE HOUSE,
      October 19, 1998.

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