Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Rwanda and Delegating Authority With Respect to Other United Nations Arms Embargoes
Signed May 26, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 28205
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Prohibits the sale or supply of arms and related military or paramilitary equipment to Rwanda from the United States, by any U.S. person abroad, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 918. Exempts activities tied to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda, or entities the Security Council permits to receive such items, and bars willful evasion of the ban. Delegates enforcement to the Secretary of State for items on the United States Munitions List and to the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, for items covered by Export Administration Regulations, with authority for each to issue rules and redelegate functions. Directs all federal agencies to take appropriate measures to implement the order, including suspending or terminating existing licenses. Also authorizes the Secretaries of State and Commerce to issue rules implementing any other United Nations Security Council arms embargoes. States it creates no enforceable legal rights, and takes effect at 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 26, 1994.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution 918 of May 17, 1994, it is hereby ordered
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The order, in full
Executive Order 12918 of May 26, 1994
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to
Rwanda and Delegating Authority With Respect to Other
United Nations Arms Embargoes
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 5 of the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c),
the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50
U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, and in view of United Nations
Security Council Resolution 918 of May 17, 1994, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Arms Embargo. The following activities are
prohibited, notwithstanding the existence of any rights
or obligations conferred or imposed by any
international agreement or any contract entered into or
any license or permit granted before the effective date
of this order, except to the extent provided in
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may
hereafter be issued pursuant to this order: (a) The
sale or supply to Rwanda from the territory of the
United States by any person, or by any United States
person in any foreign country or other location, or
using any U.S.-registered vessel or aircraft, of arms
and related materiel of all types, including weapons
and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment,
paramilitary police equipment, and spare parts for the
aforementioned, irrespective of origin. This
prohibition does not apply to activities related to the
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda or the
United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda or other
entities permitted to have such items by the United
Nations Security Council; and
(b) Any willful evasion or attempt to violate or
evade any of the prohibitions set forth in this order,
by any person.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order, the
term: (a) “Person” means a natural person as well as
a corporation, business association, partnership,
society, trust, or any other entity, organization or
group, including governmental entities; and
(b) “United States person” means any citizen or
national of the United States, any lawful permanent
resident of the United States, or any corporation,
business association, partnership, society, trust, or
any other entity, organization or group, including
governmental entities, organized under the laws of the
United States (including foreign branches).
Sec. 3. Responsibilities. The functions and
responsibilities for the enforcement of the foregoing
prohibitions are delegated as follows: (a) The
Secretary of State is hereby authorized to take such
actions, including the promulgation of rules and
regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the
President by section 5 of the United Nations
Participation Act and other authorities available to
the Secretary of State, as may be necessary to carry
out the purpose of this order, relating to arms and
related materiel of a type enumerated on the United
States Munitions List (22 C.F.R. Part 121). The
Secretary of State may redelegate any of these
functions to other officers and agencies of the United
States Government; and
(b) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take
such actions, including the promulgation of rules and
regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the
President by section 5 of the United Nations
Participation Act and other authorities available to
the Secretary of Commerce, as may be necessary to carry
out the purpose of this order, relating to arms and
related materiel identified in the Export
Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. Parts 730-799).
The Secretary of Commerce may redelegate any of these
functions to other officers and agencies of the United
States Government.
Sec. 4. Authorization. All agencies of the United
States Government are hereby directed to take all
appropriate measures within their authority to carry
out the provisions of this order, including suspension
or termination of licenses or other authorizations in
effect as of the date of this order.
Sec. 5. Delegation of Authority. The Secretary of State
and the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the
Secretary of State are hereby authorized to promulgate
rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted
to the President by section 5 of the United Nations
Participation Act and not otherwise delegated by
Executive order, as may be necessary to carry out the
purpose of implementing any other arms embargo mandated
by resolution of the United Nations Security Council,
consistent with the allocation of functions delegated
under section 3 of this order. The Secretary of State
or the Secretary of Commerce may redelegate any of
these functions to other officers and agencies of the
United States Government.
Sec. 6. Judicial Review. 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. 7. Effective Date. This order shall take effect at
11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 26, 1994.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 26, 1994.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed May 26, 1994. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.