Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2003-03 of October 16, 2002 Waiver and Certification of Statutory Provisions Regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization Memorandum for the Secretary of State Pursuant to the authority and conditions contained in section 534(d) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropria- tions Act, 2002, Public Law 107-115, as provided for in the Joint Resolu- tion Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2003, and for other purposes, Public Law 107-240. I hereby determine and certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section \177003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of \177987, Public Law \17700-204. This waiver shall be effective for a period of 6 months from the date hereof. You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 16, 2002. Notice of October 29, 2002 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Sudan On November 3, 1997, by Executive Order 13067, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Sudan 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 actions and policies of the Govern- ment of Sudan, including continuing concern about the presence and ac- tivities of certain terrorist groups, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the prevalence of human rights violations, including slavery, re- strictions on religious freedom, and restrictions on political freedom. cause the actions and policies of the Government of Sudan continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and for- eign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on No- vember 3, 1997, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond November 3, 2002. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for i year the national emergency with respect to Sudan. 315
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