On April 10, 2015, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of April 8, 2015 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia, which continues for 1 year the national emergency originally declared in Executive Order (EO) 13536 of April 12, 2010 to deal with “the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia, acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, which have repeatedly been the subject of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, and violations of the arms embargo imposed by the UNSC.”

Additional steps were taken in EO 13620 of July 20, 2012 in view of UNSC Resolutions 2036 of February 22, 2012, and 2002 of July 29, 2011, and to address: exports of charcoal from Somalia, which generate significant revenue for al-Shabaab; the misappropriation of Somali public assets; and certain acts of violence committed against civilians in Somalia. The national emergency is being continued because the situation with respect to Somalia continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.