Presidential Document2022-04104
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya
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Published
February 24, 2022
Signed
February 22, 2022
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 10681-10682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04104]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 37 / Thursday, February 24, 2022 /
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Notice of February 22, 2022
Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Libya
On February 25, 2011, by Executive Order 13566, 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 and foreign policy of
the United States constituted by the actions of Colonel
Muammar Qadhafi, his government, and close associates,
which took extreme measures against the people of
Libya, including by using weapons of war, mercenaries,
and wanton violence against unarmed civilians. In
addition, there was a serious risk that Libyan state
assets would be misappropriated by Qadhafi, members of
his government, members of his family, or his close
associates if those assets were not protected. The
foregoing circumstances, the prolonged attacks, and the
increased numbers of Libyans seeking refuge in other
countries from the attacks caused a deterioration in
the security of Libya and posed a serious risk to its
stability.
On April 19, 2016, the President signed Executive Order
13726, which expanded the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13566. The
President found that the ongoing violence in Libya,
including attacks by armed groups against Libyan state
facilities, foreign missions in Libya, and critical
infrastructure, as well as human rights abuses,
violations of the arms embargo imposed by United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011), and
misappropriation of Libya's natural resources threaten
the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, democratic
transition, and territorial integrity of Libya, and
thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States.
The situation in Libya continues to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States, and measures are
needed to protect against the diversion of assets or
other abuses by members of Qadhafi's family, their
associates, and other persons hindering Libyan national
reconciliation.
For this reason, the national emergency declared on
February 25, 2011, and expanded on April 19, 2016, must
continue in effect beyond February 25, 2022. 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 declared in Executive
Order 13566.
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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register
and transmitted to the Congress.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 22, 2022.
[FR Doc. 2022-04104
Filed 2-23-22; 11:15 am]
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