[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62561-62562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30152]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 7249 of November 12, 1999

                
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and 
                Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Repression of 
                the Civilian Population in Kosovo or for Policies That 
                Obstruct Democracy in the Federal Republic of 
                Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (``FRY'') or 
                Otherwise Lend Support to the Current Governments of 
                the FRY and of the Republic of Serbia

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In light of the actions of President Slobodan Milosevic 
                and other officials of the Federal Republic of 
                Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (``FRY'') and the 
                Republic of Serbia against elements of the civilian 
                population of Kosovo, including actions within the 
                jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for 
                the former Yugoslavia; in light of actions being taken 
                by the Milosevic regime to obstruct democracy and to 
                suppress an independent media and freedom of the press 
                in the FRY, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo; and in 
                light of the ongoing efforts of the Milosevic regime 
                and its supporters to thwart the economic sanctions 
                imposed by the United States and other countries 
                against the FRY, I have determined that it is in the 
                interests of the United States to suspend the entry 
                into the United States of certain officials of the FRY 
                Government and the Government of the Republic of Serbia 
                and of other persons who either act in support of such 
                officials' policies or who are closely associated with 
                such officials.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, by the powers 
                vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 
                laws of the United States of America, including section 
                212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 
                as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 
                3, United States Code, hereby find that the 
                unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the 
                United States of persons described in section 1 of this 
                proclamation would, except as provided for in sections 
                2 through 4 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the 
                interests of the United States. I do therefore hereby 
                proclaim that:

                Section 1. The immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into 
                the United States of the following persons is hereby 
                suspended:

                    (a) Slobodan Milosevic and other persons who, as 
                senior FRY or Serbian officials or as members of the 
                FRY and/or Serbian military or paramilitary forces, 
                formulated, implemented, or carried out repressive 
                actions against the civilian population in Kosovo;
                    (b) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of 
                the Republic of Serbia and FRY nationals who formulate, 
                implement, or carry out policies obstructing or 
                suppressing freedom of speech or of the press in the 
                FRY, Serbia, Montenegro, or Kosovo, or who otherwise 
                are obstructing efforts to establish a peaceful and 
                stable democracy in these areas;
                    (c) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of 
                the Republic of Serbia and FRY nationals who, 
                individually or as officers or employees of business or 
                financial entities, engage in financial transactions 
                that materially support the Government of the FRY, the 
                Government of the Republic of Serbia, Slobodan 
                Milosevic, or members of the Milosevic regime; and

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                    (d) Any spouse, minor child, close relative, or 
                close personal associate of any person described in 
                subsections (a) through (c) above, if the entry into 
                the United States of such spouse, minor child, close 
                relative, or close personal associate would not be in 
                the interests of the United States in light of the 
                objectives of this proclamation.

                Sec. 2. Section 1 shall not apply with respect to any 
                person otherwise covered by section 1 where the entry 
                of such person would not be contrary to the interests 
                of the United States.

                Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 shall be 
                identified by the Secretary of State, or the 
                Secretary's designee, in the Secretary or the 
                Secretary's designee's sole discretion, pursuant to 
                such procedures as the Secretary may establish under 
                section 5 below.

                Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed 
                to derogate from United States Government obligations 
                under applicable international agreements.

                Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have 
                responsibility to implement this proclamation pursuant 
                to procedures the Secretary may establish.

                Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and 
                shall remain in effect, in whole or in part, until such 
                time as the Secretary of State determines that it is no 
                longer necessary and should be terminated, in whole or 
                in part.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-fourth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 99-30152
Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P