The White House Briefing Room
July 6, 1999
EXECUTIVE ORDER
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Clarksdale, Mississippi)
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For Immediate Release July 6, 1999
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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BLOCKING PROPERTY AND PROHIBITING
TRANSACTIONS WITH THE TALIBAN
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)("IEEPA"), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code,
I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, find
that the actions and policies of the Taliban in Afghanistan, in allowing
territory under its control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and
base of operations for Usama bin Ladin and the Al-Qaida organization who
have committed and threaten to continue to commit acts of violence
against the United States and its nationals, constitute an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that
threat.
I hereby order:
Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses
that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any
contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the
effective date:
(a) all property and interests in property of the Taliban; and
(b) all property and interests in property of persons determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State and the Attorney General:
(i) to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of,
the Taliban; or
(ii) to provide financial, material, or technological support for,
or services in support of, any of the foregoing,
that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United
States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of
United States persons, are blocked.
Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA (50
U.S.C. 1702(b)) and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that
may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract
entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective
date:
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(a) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within the
United States in property or interests in property blocked pursuant to
this order is prohibited, including the making or receiving of any
contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of the
Taliban or persons designated pursuant to this order;
(b) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person,
wherever located, of any goods, software, technology (including technical
data), or services to the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the
Taliban or to the Taliban or persons designated pursuant to this order is
prohibited;
(c) the importation into the United States of any goods, software,
technology, or services owned or controlled by the Taliban or persons
designated pursuant to this order or from the territory of Afghanistan
controlled by the Taliban is prohibited;
(d) any transaction by any United States person or within the United
States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding,
or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order
is prohibited; and
(e) any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby directed to authorize commercial sales of
agricultural commodities and products, medicine, and medical equipment
for civilian end use in the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the
Taliban under appropriate safeguards to prevent diversion to military,
paramilitary, or terrorist end users or end use or to political end use.
Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, corporation,
or other organization, group, or subgroup;
(c) the term "the Taliban" means the political/military entity
headquartered in Kandahar, Afghanistan that as of the date of this order
exercises de facto control over the territory of Afghanistan described in
paragraph (d) of this section, its agencies and instrumentalities, and
the Taliban leaders listed in the Annex to this order or designated by
the Secretary of State in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Attorney General. The Taliban is also known as the "Taleban,"
"Islamic Movement of Taliban," "the Taliban Islamic Movement," "Talibano
Islami Tahrik," and "Tahrike Islami'a Taliban";
(d) the term "territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban"
means the territory referred to as the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,"
known in Pashtun as "de Afghanistan Islami Emarat" or in Dari as "Emarat
Islami-e Afghanistan," including the following provinces of the country
of Afghanistan: Kandahar, Farah, Helmund, Nimruz, Herat, Badghis, Ghowr,
Oruzghon, Zabol, Paktiha, Ghazni, Nangarhar, Lowgar, Vardan, Faryab,
Jowlan, Balkh, and Paktika. The Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby
authorized to modify the description of the term "territory of
Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban";
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(e) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen,
permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United
States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Attorney General, is hereby authorized to take
such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to
employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out
the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate
any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United
States Government. All agencies of the United States Government are
hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority
to carry out the provisions of this order.
Sec. 6. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the
United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.
Sec. 7. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight
Time on July 6, 1999.
(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in
the Federal Register.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 4, 1999.
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