![Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Libya Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Libya](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/wh_social-share.png)
On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, a national emergency was declared to address the disturbance or threatened disturbance of international relations caused by the February 24, 1996, destruction by the Cuban government of two unarmed, United States-registered civilian aircraft in international airspace north of Cuba. On February 26, 2004, by Proclamation 7757, the national emergency was expanded to deny...