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                            THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                   October 19, 2000
                                 NOTICE
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               CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO
         SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA
     On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, I declared a
national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
constituted by the actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered
in Colombia, and the unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm they
cause in the United States and abroad.  The order blocks all property
and interests in property of foreign persons listed in an Annex to the
order, as well as persons determined to play a significant role in
international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia, to materially
assist in, or provide financial or technological support for or goods or
services in support of, narcotics trafficking activities of persons
designated in or pursuant to the order, or to be owned or controlled by,
or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated in or pursuant to the
order.  The order also prohibits any transaction or dealing by United
States persons or within the United States in such property or interests
in property.  Because the activities of significant narcotics
traffickers centered in Colombia continue to threaten the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and to cause
unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm in the United States and
abroad, the national emergency declared on October 21, 1995, and the
measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal with that emergency, must
continue in effect beyond October 21, 2000.  Therefore, in accordance
with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency for 1 year with respect
to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia.  This notice
shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the
Congress.
                              WILLIAM J. CLINTON
                              THE WHITE HOUSE,
                              October 19, 2000.
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