Executive 0 rders EO 13413 Sec. 10. This order shall take effect upon the enactment of the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006. GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, October 13, 2006. Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006 Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 Emer- gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 160\177 et seq.) (NEA), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section 30\177 of title 3, United States Code, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, determine that the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and atrocities that con- tinue to threaten regional stability and was addressed by the United Na- tions Security Council in Resolution \177596 of April \1778, 2005, Resolution 1649 of December 2% 2005, and Resolution \177698 of July 3% 2006, con- stitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. To address that threat, I hereby order: Section 1. (a) Except to the extent that section 203(b)(\177), (3), and (4) of the IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(\177), (3), and (4)) may apply, or to the extent pro- vided in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pur- suant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this order, all prop- erty and interests in property 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, including their overseas branches, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: (i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and (it) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after con- sultation with the Secretary of State: (A) to be a political or military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that impedes the disarmament, repatriation, or resettlement of combatants; (B) to be a political or military leader of a Congolese armed group that impedes the disarmament, demobilization, or reintegration of combat- ants; 247
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