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Taliban Executive Order
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 5 of the
United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c),
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find
that the situation that gave rise to the declaration of a national
emergency in Executive Order 13129 of July 4, 1999, with respect to
the Taliban, in allowing territory under its control in Afghanistan to be
used as a safe haven and base of operations for Usama bin Ladin and
the Al-Qaida organization, has been significantly altered given the
success of the military campaign in Afghanistan, and hereby revoke
that order and terminate the national emergency declared in that order
with respect to the Taliban. At the same time, and in order to take
additional steps with respect to the grave acts of terrorism and threats
of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, the continuing and
immediate threat of further attacks on United States nationals or the
United States, and the national emergency described and declared in
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, I hereby order:
Section 1. The Annex to Executive Order 13224 of September 23,
2001, is amended by adding thereto the following persons in
appropriate alphabetical order:
Mohammed Omar (aka, Amir al-Mumineen [Commander of the
Faithful])
The Taliban.
Sec. 2. For the purposes of this order and Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001, the term "the Taliban" is also known as the
"Taleban," "Islamic Movement of Taliban," "the Taliban Islamic
Movement," "Talibano Islami Tahrik," and "Tahrike Islami'a Taliban".
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, is hereby authorized to modify the definition of the term "the
Taliban," as appropriate.
Sec. 3. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the United
States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or
any other person.
Sec. 4. Pursuant to section 202 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1622),
termination of the national emergency with respect to the Taliban shall
not affect any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded
or determined as of the date of this order, or any action or proceeding
based on any act committed prior to the date of this order, or any
rights or duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to
the date of this order.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 2, 2002.
