Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Lebanon

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)]

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Vol. 83

Tuesday,

No. 147

July 31, 2018

Part V

The President

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Notice of July 27, 2018--Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect to Lebanon

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Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 147 / Tuesday, July 31, 2018 /

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The President

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Notice of July 27, 2018

Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect to Lebanon

On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the

President declared a national emergency with respect to

Lebanon 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 of certain persons to

undermine Lebanon's legitimate and democratically

elected government or democratic institutions; to

contribute to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of

law in Lebanon, including through politically motivated

violence and intimidation; to reassert Syrian control

or contribute to Syrian interference in Lebanon; or to

infringe upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty. Such

actions contribute to political and economic

instability in that country and the region.

law in Lebanon, including through politically motivated

violence and intimidation; to reassert Syrian control

or contribute to Syrian interference in Lebanon; or to

infringe upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty. Such

actions contribute to political and economic

instability in that country and the region.

Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran's continuing

arms transfers to Hizballah--which include increasingly

sophisticated weapons systems--serve to undermine

Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to political and

economic instability in the region, and continue to

constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the

national security and foreign policy of the United

States. For this reason, the national emergency

declared on August 1, 2007, and the measures adopted on

that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in

effect beyond August 1, 2018. 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 Lebanon declared in

Executive Order 13441.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register

and transmitted to the Congress.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 27, 2018.

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