Additional Measures With Respect To Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

Executive Order 13213 of May 22, 2001

Additional Measures With Respect To Prohibiting
the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

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.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),
section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of
1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section
301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of the
national emergency described and declared in Executive
Order 13194 of January 18, 2001, and United Nations
Security Council Resolutions 1306 of July 5, 2000, and
1343 of March 7, 2001,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, take note that in Executive Order 13194, the
President responded to, among other things, the
insurgent Revolutionary United Front's (RUF) illicit
trade in diamonds to fund its operations in the civil
war in Sierra Leone by declaring a national emergency
and, consistent with United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1306, by prohibiting the importation into
the United States of all rough diamonds from Sierra
Leone except for those importations controlled through
the Certificate of Origin regime of the Government of
Sierra Leone. United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1343 takes note that the bulk of RUF
diamonds leaves Sierra Leone through Liberia and that
such illicit trade cannot be conducted without the
permission and involvement of Liberian government
officials at the highest levels; determines that the
active support provided by the Government of Liberia
for the RUF and other armed rebel groups in neighboring
countries constitutes a threat to international peace
and security in the region; and decides that all states
shall take the necessary measures to prevent the
importation of all rough diamonds from Liberia, whether
or not such diamonds originated in Liberia. The
Government of Liberia's complicity in the RUF's illicit
trade in diamonds and its other forms of support for
the RUF are direct challenges to United States foreign
policy objectives in the region as well as to the rule-
based international order that is crucial to the peace
and prosperity of the United States. Therefore, I find
these actions by the Government of Liberia contribute
to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign
policy of the United States described in Executive
Order 13194 with respect to which the President
declared a national emergency. In order to deal with
that threat and to ensure further that the direct or
indirect importation into the United States of rough
diamonds from Sierra Leone will not contribute
financial support to further aggressive actions by the
RUF or to the RUF's procurement of weapons; to
implement United Nations Security Council Resolution
1343; and to counteract, among other things, the
Government of Liberia's facilitation of and
participation in the RUF's illicit trade in diamonds
through Liberia, I hereby order the following
additional measures be taken with respect to
prohibiting the importation of rough diamonds from
Sierra Leone:

Section 1. Except to the extent provided in
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses issued
pursuant to this order, and 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 prior to
the effective date of this order, the direct or
indirect importation into the United States of all
rough diamonds from Liberia, whether or not such

diamonds originated in Liberia, on or after the
effective date of this order is prohibited.

Sec. 2. Any transaction by a United States person or
within the United States that evades or avoids, or has
the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to
violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this
order is prohibited. Any conspiracy formed to violate
any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is
prohibited.

Sec. 3. The definitions contained in section 4 of
Executive Order 13194 apply to the terms used in this
order.

Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, 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 IEEPA and UNPA, as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of
the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to
other officers and agencies of the United States
Government. 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 modification,
suspension, or termination of licenses or
authorizations in effect as of the date of this order.

Sec. 5. This order is not intended to create, nor does
it create, any right, benefit, or privilege,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a
party against the United States, its agencies,
officers, or any other person.

Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time on May 23, 2001.

    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress
and published in the Federal Register.

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

     May 22, 2001.