[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 29205-29206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part X





The President





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Notice of May 27, 1999--Continuation of Emergency With Respect to the 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
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                Notice of May 27, 1999

                
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

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                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.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 27, 1999.

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