[House Document 105-253]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-253


 
   CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO BURMA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO BURMA 
  IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 20, 1998, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
                                1622(d)





    May 19, 1998.--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 Burma is to continue in 
effect beyond May 20, 1998.
    As long as the Government of Burma continues its policies 
of committing large-scale repression of the democratic 
opposition in Burma, this situation continues to pose an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, I have 
determined that it is necessary to maintain in force these 
emergency authorities beyond May 20, 1998.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 18, 1998.


                                 Notice

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            Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Burma

    On May 20, 1997, I issued Executive Order 13047, effective 
at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 21, 1997, certifying 
to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 
(Public Law 104-208), that the Government of Burma has 
committed large-scale repression of the democratic opposition 
in Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the 
prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States 
persons, contained in that section. I also declared a national 
emergency to deal with the threat posed to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States by the actions 
and policies of the Government of Burma, invoking the 
authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706).
    The national emergency declared on May 20, 1997, must 
continue beyond May 20, 1998, as long as the Government of 
Burma continues its policies of committing large-scale 
repression of the democratic opposition in Burma. 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 Burma. This notice shall be published in the 
Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 18, 1998.

                                
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