DATE= 11/4/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-222152
TITLE=U-S / SUDAN SANCTIONS (S)
BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN
DATELINE=STATE DEPT.
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS DECIDED TO IMPOSE COMPREHENSIVE
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN. RON PEMSTEIN
REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT ON THE SANCTIONS AND THE
REASONS BEHIND THEM.
TEXT: ACTING BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL MOVES TO CUT OFF AMERICAN
TRADE WITH SUDAN, PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS DECIDED TO IMPOSE HIS OWN
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.
SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT ACCUSES SUDAN OF CONTINUING
TO SPONSOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, OF DE-STABILIZING ITS
NEIGHBORS, AND OF VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENGAGING IN
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
UNDER THE NEW SANCTIONS, SUDAN'S ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE
FROZEN -- AND TRADE AND MOST FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH SUDAN
ARE PROHIBITED.
SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT SAYS EARLIER AMERICAN SANCTIONS
AGAINST SUDAN HAVE NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE.
///ALBRIGHT ACT///
WE TAKE THESE STEPS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN HAS
FAILED TO RESPOND TO REPEATED EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN OR
TO THE IMPOSITION OF LESSER SANCTIONS.
///END ACT///
THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CONVINCING THE
UNITED NATIONS TO JOIN ITS SANCTIONS AGAINST SUDAN. (SIGNED)
NEB/RP/RRM
04-Nov-97 1:49 PM EST (1849 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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