Presidential Document2026-10481

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Belarus

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May 26, 2026
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May 21, 2026

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10481]



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Vol. 91

Tuesday,

No. 100

May 26, 2026

Part V





The President





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Notice of May 21, 2026--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Belarus


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 100 / Tuesday, May 26, 2026 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Notice of May 21, 2026

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect to Belarus

                On June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, the 
                President declared a national emergency pursuant to the 
                International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
                1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security and 
                foreign policy of the United States constituted by the 
                actions and policies of certain members of the 
                Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine 
                Belarus's democratic processes or institutions, 
                manifested in the fundamentally undemocratic March 2006 
                elections; to commit human rights abuses related to 
                political repression, including detentions and 
                disappearances; and to engage in public corruption, 
                including by diverting or misusing Belarusian public 
                assets or by misusing public authority.

                On August 9, 2021, by Executive Order 14038, the 
                President expanded the scope of the national emergency 
                declared in Executive Order 13405, finding that the 
                Belarusian regime's harmful activities and long-
                standing abuses aimed at suppressing democracy and the 
                exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms in 
                Belarus--including illicit and oppressive activities 
                stemming from the August 9, 2020, fraudulent Belarusian 
                presidential election and its aftermath, such as the 
                elimination of political opposition and civil society 
                organizations and the regime's disruption and 
                endangering of international civil air travel--
                constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
                national security and foreign policy of the United 
                States.

                The actions and policies of certain members of the 
                Government of Belarus and other persons, and the 
                Belarusian regime's harmful activities and long-
                standing abuses, continue to pose an unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security and 
                foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, 
                the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
                13405, which was expanded in scope in Executive Order 
                14038, must continue in effect beyond June 16, 2026. 
                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 13405.

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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,

                    May 21, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026-10481
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