[House Document 104-153]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-153


 
 SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA 
                        (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO)

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                                MESSAGE

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

  A COPY OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION NO. 96-7: SUSPENDING SANCTIONS 
IMPOSED ON THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO), 
    PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 103-160, SEC. 1511(e)(2) (107 STAT. 1840)




    December 27 (legislative day, December 22), 1995.--Message and 
 accompanying papers referred to the Committees on National Security, 
     International Relations, Banking and Financial Services, and 
      Transportation and Infrastructure and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    Section 1511 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1994 (hereinafter the ``Act''), requires that the 
sanctions imposed on Serbia and Montenegro, as described in 
that section, shall remain in effect until changed by law. 
Section 1511(e) of the Act authorizes the President to waive or 
modify the application of such sanctions upon certification to 
the Congress that the President has determined that the waiver 
or modification is necessary to achieve a negotiated settlement 
of the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina that is acceptable to the 
parties.
    In accordance with this provision, I have issued the 
attached Presidential Determination stating that the suspension 
of the sanctions described in section 1511(a)(1-5) and (7-8) 
and in conformity with the provisions of United Nations 
Security Council Resolutions 1021 and 1022 is necessary to 
achieve a negotiated settlement of the conflict. As described 
in the attached Memorandum of Justification, this sanctions 
relief was an essential factor motivating Serbia and 
Montenegro's acceptance of the General Framework Agreement for 
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina initialed in Dayton, Ohio, on 
November 21, 1995 (hereinafter the ``Peace Agreement'').
    I have directed the Secretaries of the Treasury and 
Transportation to suspend immediately the application of these 
sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro and have authorized the 
Secretary of State to suspend the arms embargo at appropriate 
stages consistent with United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1021. The first stage would be 91 days after the 
United Nations Secretary General reports to the United Nations 
Security Council that all parties have formally signed the 
Peace Agreement.
    The measures taken to suspend these sanctions may be 
revoked if the Implementation Force (IFOR) commander or High 
Representative determines that Serbia and Montenegro or the 
Bosnian Serbs are not meeting their obligations under the Peace 
Agreement.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, December 27, 1995.

    
    
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