Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003

Blocking Property of Persons Undermining
Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

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.), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, have determined that the actions and policies
of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and
other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic
processes or institutions, contributing to the
deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to
politically motivated violence and intimidation in that
country, and to political and economic instability in
the southern African region, constitute an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the
United States, and I hereby declare a national
emergency to deal with that threat.

I hereby order:

Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section
203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)), and in
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may
be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding
any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted prior to the effective date of this order, all
property and interests in property of the following
persons that are in the United States, that hereafter
come within the United States, or that are or hereafter
come within the possession or control of United States
persons, including their overseas branches, are blocked
and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn,
or otherwise dealt in:

    (a) the persons listed in the Annex to this order;
and
    (b) any person determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting
to act directly or indirectly for or on behalf of, any
of the persons listed in the Annex to this order.

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction or dealing by a United
States person or within the United States in property
or interests in property blocked pursuant to this order
is prohibited, including but not limited to the making
or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or
services to or for the benefit of any person listed in
the Annex to this order or who is the subject of a
determination under subsection 1(b) of this order.

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

Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order:

    (a) The term “person” means an individual or
entity;
    (b) The term “entity” means a partnership,
association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,
subgroup, or other organization; and
    (c) The term “United States person” means any
United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity
organized under the laws of the United

States or any jurisdiction within the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the
United States.

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 me
by IEEPA, 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.

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, employees, or any other person.

Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 eastern
standard time on March 7, 2003; and

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

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

    March 6, 2003.