[House Document 107-232]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-232 


 
  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
                                BALKANS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE WESTERN BALKANS EMERGENCY IS TO CONTINUE IN 
       EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 25, 2002, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    June 24, 2002.--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
99-011                    WASHINGTON : 2002

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, stating that the Western Balkans emergency is to 
continue in effect beyond June 25, 2002, to the Federal 
Register for publication.
    The crisis constituted by the actions of persons engaged 
in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, (i) extremist 
violence in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and 
elsewhere in the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts 
obstructing implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 
1999, in Kosovo, that led to the declaration of a national 
emergency on June 26, 2001, has not been resolved. These 
actions are hostile to U.S. interests and pose a continuing 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared with respect to the Western Balkans and 
maintain in force the comprehensive sanctions to respond to 
this threat.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, June 21, 2002.
                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western 
                                Balkans

    On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, I declared a 
national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the national security and foreign policy of the United States 
constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or assisting, 
sponsoring, or supporting, (i) extremist violence in the former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and elsewhere in the Western 
Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing implementation of the 
Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in Kosovo. Because the 
actions of these persons, which threaten the peace and 
international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans, 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States, the 
national emergency declared on June 26, 2001, and the measures 
adopted on that date to deal with that emergency must continue 
in effect beyond June 26, 2002. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency 
with respect to the Western Balkans.
    This Notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, June 21, 2002.

                                  
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