Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 56 (Friday, March 24, 2017)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 15107] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2017-06075] [[Page 15105]] Vol. 82 Friday, No. 56 March 24, 2017 Part II The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice of March 22, 2017--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 56 / Friday, March 24, 2017 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 15107]] Notice of March 22, 2017 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan On April 3, 2014, by Executive Order 13664, the President declared a national emergency 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 situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers and humanitarian workers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations. The situation in and in relation to South Sudan continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared on April 3, 2014, to deal with that threat must continue in effect beyond April 3, 2017. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13664. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, March 22, 2017. [FR Doc. 2017-06075 Filed 3-23-17; 11:15 am] Billing code 3295-F7-P