Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 119 (Friday, June 19, 2020)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 37329-37330]

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

[FR Doc No: 2020-13450]

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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 119 / Friday, June 19, 2020 /

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Notice of June 17, 2020

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, the President 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 United States Armed Forces, allies, and trading

partners in the region.

ets 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 United States Armed Forces, allies, and trading

partners in the region.

On April 18, 2011, the President 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 would 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, the President 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.

On March 15, 2016, the President signed Executive Order

13722 to take additional steps with respect to the

national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466,

as modified in scope and relied upon for additional

steps in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the

Government of North Korea's continuing pursuit of its

nuclear and missile programs, as evidenced by

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its February 7, 2016 launch using ballistic missile

technology and its January 6, 2016 nuclear test in

violation of its obligations pursuant to numerous

United Nations Security Council resolutions and in

contravention of its commitments under the September

19, 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks, that

increasingly imperils the United States and its allies.

On September 20, 2017, the President signed Executive

Order 13810 to take further steps with respect to the

national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466,

as modified in scope and relied upon for additional

steps in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the

provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and

policies of the Government of North Korea, including

its intercontinental ballistic missile launches of July

3 and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of September

2, 2

d upon for additional

steps in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the

provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and

policies of the Government of North Korea, including

its intercontinental ballistic missile launches of July

3 and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of September

2, 2017; its commission of serious human rights abuses;

and its use of funds generated through international

trade to support its nuclear and missile programs and

weapons proliferation.

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 Order 13570, further expanded in scope in

Executive Order 13687, and under which additional steps

were taken in Executive Order 13722, and Executive

Order 13810, and the measures taken to deal with that

national emergency, must continue in effect beyond June

26, 2020. 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.

ken to deal with that

national emergency, must continue in effect beyond June

26, 2020. 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 17, 2020.

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