Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 2015)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 36461-36462]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2015-15701]

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Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 121 / Wednesday, June 24, 2015 /

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Notice of June 22, 2015

Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect to North Korea

On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the

President declared a national emergency with respect to

North Korea 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 existence and risk of proliferation

of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean

Peninsula. The President also found that it was

necessary to maintain certain restrictions with respect

to North Korea that would otherwise have been lifted

pursuant to Proclamation 8271 of June 26, 2008, which

terminated the exercise of authorities under the

Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1-44) with

respect to North Korea.

t it was

necessary to maintain certain restrictions with respect

to North Korea that would otherwise have been lifted

pursuant to Proclamation 8271 of June 26, 2008, which

terminated the exercise of authorities under the

Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1-44) with

respect to North Korea.

On August 30, 2010, I signed Executive Order 13551,

which expanded the scope of the national emergency

declared in Executive Order 13466 to deal with the

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national

security, foreign policy, and economy of the United

States posed by the continued actions and policies of

the Government of North Korea, manifested by its

unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the

Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of

46 sailors in March 2010; its announced test of a

nuclear device and its missile launches in 2009; its

actions in violation of United Nations Security Council

Resolutions 1718 and 1874, including the procurement of

luxury goods; and its illicit and deceptive activities

in international markets through which it obtains

financial and other support, including money

laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency,

bulk cash smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which

destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed

Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region.

in international markets through which it obtains

financial and other support, including money

laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency,

bulk cash smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which

destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed

Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region.

On April 18, 2011, I signed Executive Order 13570 to

take additional steps to address the national emergency

declared in Executive Order 13466 and expanded in

Executive Order 13551 that will ensure the

implementation of the import restrictions contained in

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 and

1874 and complement the import restrictions provided

for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et

seq.).

On January 2, 2015, I signed Executive Order 13687 to

take further steps with respect to the national

emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as

expanded in Executive Order 13551, and addressed

further in Executive Order 13570, to address the threat

to the national security, foreign policy, and economy

of the United States constituted by the provocative,

destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of

the Government of North Korea, including its

destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during

November and December 2014, actions in violation of

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874,

2087, and 2094, and commission of serious human rights

abuses.

ressive actions and policies of

the Government of North Korea, including its

destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during

November and December 2014, actions in violation of

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874,

2087, and 2094, and commission of serious human rights

abuses.

The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-

usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the

actions and policies of the Government of North Korea

continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to

the national security, foreign policy, and economy of

the United States. For this reason, the national

emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, expanded

in scope in Executive Order 13551, addressed further in

Executive

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Order 13570, and further expanded in scope in Executive

Order 13687, and the measures taken to deal with that

national emergency, must continue in effect beyond June

26, 2015. 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 with

respect to North Korea declared in Executive Order

13466.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register

and transmitted to the Congress.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 22, 2015.

[FR Doc. 2015-15701

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