[House Document 106-75]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




106th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-75
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EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO YUGOSLAVIA AND THE SITUATION 
                               IN KOSOVO

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE FEDERAL 
  REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) IS TO CONTINUE IN 
  EFFECT BEYOND MAY 30, 1999, AND THE EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
  SITUATION IN KOSOVO IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 9, 1999, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    May 27, 1999.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
69-011                     WASHINGTON : 1999


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) is to continue in effect 
beyond May 30, 1999, and the emergency declared with respect to 
the situation in Kosovo is to continue in effect beyond June 9, 
1999.
    On December 27, 1995, I issued Presidential Determination 
96-7, directing the Secretary of the Treasury, inter alia, to 
suspend the application of sanctions imposed on the Federal 
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and to continue 
to block property previously blocked until provision is made to 
address claims or encumbrances, including the claims of the 
other successor states of the former Yugoslavia. This sanctions 
relief, in conformity with United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1022 of November 22, 1995 (hereinafter the 
``Resolution''), was an essential factor motivating Serbia and 
Montenegro's acceptance of the General Framework Agreement for 
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina initialed by the parties in 
Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995, and signed in Paris, 
France, on December 14, 1995 (hereinafter the ``Peace 
Agreement''). The sanctions imposed on the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) were accordingly suspended 
prospectively, effective January 16, 1996. Sanctions imposed on 
the Bosnian Serb forces and authorities and on the territory 
that they control within Bosnia and Herzegovina were 
subsequently suspended prospectively, effective May 10, 1996, 
also in conformity with the Peace Agreement and the Resolution.
    Sanctions against both the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
(Serbia and Montenegro) and the Bosnian Serbs were subsequently 
terminated by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1074 of October 1, 1996. This termination, however, did not end 
the requirement of the Resolution that blocked those funds and 
assets that are subject to claims and encumbrances remain 
blocked, until unblocked in accordance with applicable law. 
Until the status of all remaining blocked property is resolved, 
the Peace Agreement implemented, and the terms of the 
Resolution met, this situation continues to 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 these emergency authorities beyond May 30, 
1999.
    On June 9, 1998, I issued Executive Order 13088, ``Blocking 
Property of the Governments of the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and 
the Republic of Montenegro, and Prohibiting New Investment in 
the Republic of Serbia in Response to the Situation in 
Kosovo.'' Since then, the government of President Milosevic has 
rejected the international community's efforts to find a 
peaceful settlement for the crisis in Kosovo and has launched a 
massive campaign of ethnic cleansing that has displaced a large 
percentage of the population and been accompanied by an 
increasing number of atrocities. President Milosevic's brutal 
assault against the people of Kosovo and his complete disregard 
for the requirements of the international community pose a 
threat to regional peace and stability.
    President Milosevic's actions continue to 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 these emergency authorities beyond June 9, 
1999.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 27, 1999.

                                 Notice

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

    On May 30, 1992, by Executive Order 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 12810 and 12831, 
issued on June 5, 1992, and January 15, 1993, respectively. On 
April 25, 1993, I issued Executive Order 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 
Bosnia and Herzegovina controlled by Bosnian Serb forces and 
the United Nations Protected Areas in the Republic of Croatia. 
On October 24, 1994, because of the actions and policies of the 
Bosnian Serbs, I expanded the scope of the national emergency 
by issuing Executive Order 12934 to block the property of the 
Bosnian Serb forces and the authorities in the territory that 
they control within 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.
    On December 27, 1995, I issued Presidential Determination 
96-7, directing the Secretary of the Treasury, inter alia, to 
suspend the application of sanctions imposed on the Federal 
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) pursuant to the 
above-referenced Executive orders and to continue to block 
property previously blocked until provision is made to address 
claims or encumbrances, including the claims of the other 
successor states of the former Yugoslavia. This sanctions 
relief, in conformity with United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1022 of November 22, 1995 (hereinafter the 
``Resolution''), was an essential factor motivating Serbia and 
Montenegro's acceptance of the General Framework Agreement for 
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina initialed by the parties in 
Dayton on November 21, 1995, and signed in Paris on December 
14, 1995 (hereinafter the ``Peace Agreement''). The sanctions 
imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro) were accordingly suspended prospectively, effective 
January 16, 1996. Sanctions imposed on the Bosnian Serb forces 
and authorities and on the territory that they control within 
Bosnia and Herzegovina were subsequently suspended 
prospectively, effective May 10, 1996, also in conformity with 
the Peace Agreement and the Resolution. Sanctions against both 
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and 
the Bosnian Serbs were subsequently terminated by United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1074 of October 1, 1996. 
This termination, however, did not end the requirement of the 
Resolution that those blocked funds and assets that are subject 
to claims and encumbrances remain blocked, until unblocked in 
accordance with applicable law. Until the status of all 
remaining blocked property is resolved, the Peace Agreement 
implemented, and the terms of the Resolution met, the national 
emergency declared on May 30, 1992, as expanded in scope on 
October 25, 1994, and the measures adopted pursuant thereto to 
deal with that emergency must continue beyond May 30, 1999.
    On June 9, 1998, following attacks and repression directed 
by the government in Belgrade against the people of Kosovo, I 
issued Executive Order 13088, ``Blocking Property of the 
Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and the Republic of 
Montenegro, and Prohibiting New Investment in the Republic of 
Serbia in Response to the Situation in Kosovo.'' Since then, 
the government of President Milosevic has rejected the 
international community's efforts to find a peaceful settlement 
for the crisis in Kosovo and has launched a massive campaign of 
ethnic cleansing that has displaced a large percentage of the 
population and been accompanied by an increasing number of 
atrocities. In light of President Milosevic's brutal assault 
against the people of Kosovo, his complete disregard for the 
requirements of the international community and the threat his 
actions pose to regional peace and stability, I have determined 
that it is necessary to maintain in force these emergency 
authorities beyond June 9, 1999.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing 
the national emergency declared on May 30, 1992, as expanded on 
October 24, 1994, and the national emergency declared on June 
9, 1998, with respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
(Serbia and Montenegro). This notice shall be published in the 
Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 27, 1999.

                                  
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