Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2008-5 of October 19, 2007 Presidentia] Determination Re]ating to Assistance for Saudi Arabia Memorandum for the Secretary of State Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 582 of the Foroi\365n Operations, Ex- port Financin\365, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 100-102), and that section as carried forward by the Revised Con- tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 1\1770-5), and the Con- tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2008 (Public Law \1770-02), I hereby cer- tify that Saudi Arabia is cooperating with efforts to combat international terrorism and that the proposed assistance will help facilitate that effort, and hereby waive the application of such sections. You are authorized and directed to report this certification to the Congress and publish it in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 19, 2007. Notice of October 24, 2007 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in or in Relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo On October 27, 2006, by Executive Order \1773413, I declared a national emer- gency with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Re- public of the Congo and, pursuant to the International Emergency Eco- nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. \17770\177-\177706), ordered related measures block- ing the property of certain persons contributing to the conflict in that coun- try. I took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and atrocities that continue to threaten re- gional stability and was addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1596 of April 18, 2005, Resolution 1649 of December 2% 2005, and Resolution 1698 of July 3% 2006. Because this situation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency de- clared on October 27, 2006, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 27, 2007. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for \177 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13413. 359
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