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Part V
The President
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Executive Order 12918--
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to
Rwanda and Delegating Authority With Respect to Other United Nations
Arms Embargoes
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 103
Tuesday, May 31, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
                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.
                    (Presidential Sig.)>
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    May 26, 1994.
[FR Doc. 94-13391
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