Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea, 37329-37330 [2020-13450]

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[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]




                        Presidential Documents 



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

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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.

                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.

                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.

                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, 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.

                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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