[House Document 104-73]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





                                     

        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-73



              CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
 
        THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE BOSNIAN SERBS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND 
  MONTENEGRO) EMERGENCY IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 30, 1995, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)






    May 10, 1995.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States
    Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national 
emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its 
declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register 
and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the 
emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. 
In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed 
notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the emergency declared with respect to the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), as expanded to address the 
actions and policies of the Bosnian Serb forces and the 
authorities in the territory that they control within the 
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is to continue in effect 
beyond May 30, 1995.
    The circumstances that led to the declaration on May 30, 
1992, of a national emergency have not been resolved. The 
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro) continues to support groups seizing and attempting 
to seize territory in the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia and 
Herzegovina by force and violence. In addition, on October 25, 
1994, I expanded the scope of the national emergency to address 
the actions and policies of the Bosnian Serb forces and the 
authorities in the territory that they control, including their 
refusal to accept the proposed territorial settlement of the 
conflict in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The actions 
and policies of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro) and the Bosnian Serb forces and the authorities in 
the territory that they control pose a continuing unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy 
interests, and the economy of the United States. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in 
force the broad authorities necessary to apply economic 
pressure to the Government of the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and to the Bosnian Serb 
forces and the authorities in the territory that they control 
to reduce their ability to support the continuing civil strife 
in the former Yugoslavia.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 10, 1995.
                                 Notice

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   Continuation of Emergency With Respect to the Federal Republic of 
        Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the Bosnian Serbs

    On May 30, 1992, by Executive Order No. 12808, President 
Bush 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 and 
policies of the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro, blocking 
all property and interests in property of those Governments. 
President Bush took additional measures to prohibit trade and 
other transactions with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
(Serbia and Montenegro) by Executive orders Nos. 12810 and 
12831, issued on June 5, 1992, and January 15, 1993, 
respectively. On April 25, 1993, I issued Executive Order No. 
12846, blocking the property and interests in property of all 
commercial, industrial, or public utility undertakings or 
entities organized or located in the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), and prohibiting trade-
related transactions by United States persons involving those 
areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina controlled by 
Bosnian Serb forces and the United Nations Protected Areas in 
the Republic of Croatia. On October 25, 1994, because of the 
actions and policies of the Bosnian Serbs, I expanded the scope 
of the national emergency to block the property of the Bosnian 
Serb forces and the authorities in the territory that they 
control within the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well 
as the property of any entity organized or located in, or 
controlled by any person in, or resident in, those areas.
    The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
(Serbia and Montenegro) has continued its actions and policies 
in support of groups seizing and attempting to seize territory 
in the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina by force 
and violence, and because the Bosnian Serbs have continued 
their actions and policies, including their refusal to accept 
the proposed territorial settlement of the conflict in the 
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the national emergency 
declared on May 30, 1992, and the measures adopted pursuant 
thereto to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect 
beyond May 30, 1995. Therefore, in accordance with section 
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I 
am continuing the national emergency with respect to the 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the 
Bosnian Serb forces and those areas of the Republc of Bosnia 
and Herzegovina under the Control of the Bosnian Serb forces.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 10, 1995.