United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1352-1353

Author: George W. Bush  | Date: October 16, 2008

Notice—Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia,
October 16, 2008

On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, 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, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, and the extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm such actions cause in the United States and abroad.

Because the actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and to cause an extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad, the national emergency declared on October 21, 1995, and the measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 21, 2008. 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 significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

George W. Bush
The White House,
October 16, 2008.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., October 17, 2008]

Note: This notice was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on October 17, and it was published in the Federal Register on October 20.

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Chicago: George W. Bush, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1352-1353 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1352-1353 Original Sources, accessed May 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KDIXIYWELM3X5K2.

MLA: Bush, George W. United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1352-1353, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1352-1353, Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KDIXIYWELM3X5K2.

Harvard: Bush, GW, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1352-1353. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1352-1353. Original Sources, retrieved 19 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KDIXIYWELM3X5K2.