[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 34777-34781]
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[FR Doc No: 01-16668]


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                Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001

                
Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten 
                International Stabilization Efforts in the Western 
                Balkans

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the International Emergency Economic 
                Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the 
                National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and 
                section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

                I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of 
                America, have determined that the actions of persons 
                engaged in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, 
                (i) extremist violence in the former Yugoslav Republic 
                of Macedonia, southern Serbia, the Federal Republic of 
                Yugoslavia, 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, 
                threaten the peace in or diminish the security and 
                stability of those areas and the wider region, 
                undermine the authority, efforts, and objectives of the 
                United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
                (NATO), and other international organizations and 
                entities present in those areas and the wider region, 
                and endanger the safety of persons participating in or 
                providing support to the activities of those 
                organizations and entities, including United States 
                military forces and Government officials. I find that 
                such actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary 
                threat to the national security and foreign policy of 
                the United States, and hereby declare a national 
                emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order:

                Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 
                203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), 
                (3), and (4)), the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
                Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX, Public Law 106-387), 
                and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses 
                that may hereafter be issued pursuant to this order, 
                and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any 
                license or permit granted prior to the effective date, 
                all property and interests in property of:

                    (i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; 
                and
                    (ii) persons designated by the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
                because they are found:

  (A) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, acts 
of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace in or 
diminishing the stability or security of any area or state in the Western 
Balkans region, undermining the authority, efforts, or objectives of 
international organizations or entities present in the region, or 
endangering the safety of persons participating in or providing support to 
the activities of those international organizations or entities, or,

  (B) to have actively obstructed, or to pose a significant risk of 
actively obstructing, implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 in Kosovo, or

  (C) materially to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial or 
technological support for, or goods or services in support of, such acts of 
violence or obstructionism, or

  (D) to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act directly 
or indirectly for or on behalf of, any of the foregoing persons, that are

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or hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come 
within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and 
may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.

                    (b) I hereby determine that the making of donations 
                of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 
                U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by United States persons to persons 
                designated in or pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
                section would seriously impair my ability to deal with 
                the national emergency declared in this order. 
                Accordingly, the blocking of property and interests in 
                property pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section 
                includes, but is not limited to, the prohibition of the 
                making by a United States person of any such donation 
                to any such designated person, except as otherwise 
                authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury.
                    (c) The blocking of property and interests in 
                property pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section 
                includes, but is not limited to, the prohibition of the 
                making or receiving by a United States person of any 
                contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 
                to or for the benefit of a person designated in or 
                pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.

                Sec. 2. Any transaction by a United States person that 
                evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or 
                avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the 
                prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited. Any 
                conspiracy formed to violate the prohibitions of this 
                order is prohibited.

                Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order:

                    (a) The term ``person'' means an individual or 
                entity;
                    (b) The term ``entity'' means a partnership, 
                association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, 
                subgroup, or other organization; and
                    (c) The term ``United States person'' means any 
                United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity 
                organized under the laws of the United States or any 
                jurisdiction within the United States (including 
                foreign branches), or any person in the United States.

                Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to 
                take such actions, including the promulgation of rules 
                and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me 
                by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
                of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may 
                redelegate any of these functions to other officers and 
                agencies of the United States Government. All agencies 
                of the United States Government are hereby directed to 
                take all appropriate measures within their authority to 
                carry out the provisions of this order and, where 
                appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in 
                a timely manner of the measures taken.

                Sec. 5. This order is not intended to create, nor does 
                it create, any right, benefit, or privilege, 
                substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a 
                party against the United States, its agencies, 
                officers, or any other person.

                Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 eastern 
                daylight time on June 27, 2001;

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                    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress 
                and published in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    June 26, 2001.

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                ANNEX

                I. Individuals

 
             Name/DPOB (If Available)                    Affiliation
 
Ademi, Xhevat                                       NLA
DOB: 8 Dec 1962
POB: Tetovo, FYROM
Ahmeti, Ali                                         NLA
DOB: 4 Jan 1959
POB: Kicevo, FYROM
Bexheti, Nuri                                       NLA
DOB: 1962
POB: Tetovo, FYROM
Dalipi, Tahir                                       PCPMB
DOB: 1958
POB: Ilince, Presevo mun., FRY
Elshani, Gafur                                      LPK
DOB: 29 March 1958
POB: Suva Reka, FRY
Gashi, Sabit                                        LKCK
DOB: 30 December 1967
POB: Suva Reka, FRY
Habibi, Skender                                     PDK
DOB: 13 July 1968
POB: Ljubiste, FRY
Haradinaj, Daut                                     Chief of Staff, KPC
DOB: 6 April 1978
POB: Goldane, FRY
Hasani, Xhavit                                      NLA
DOB: 5 May 1957
POB: Tanishec, FYROM
Lladrovici, Ramiz                                   Deputy Commander,
DOB: 3 January 1966                                  Guard & Rapid
POB:                                                 Reaction Group, KPC
Lushtaku, Sami                                      RTG 2 Commander, KPC
DOB: 20 February 1961
POB: Srbica, FRY
Musliu, Jonusz                                      PCPMB
DOB: 5 January 1959
POB: Konculj, FRY
Musliu, Shefqet                                     UCPMB
DOB: 12 February 1963
POB: Konculj, FRY
Mustafa, Rrustem                                    RTG 6 Commander, KPC
DOB: 27 February 1971
POB: Podujevo, FRY
Ostremi, Gezim                                      NLA
DOB: 1 November 1942
POB: Debar, Macedonia
Selimi, Rexhep                                      Commander, Guard &
DOB: 15 March 1971                                   Rapid Reaction
POB: Iglarevo, FRY                                   Group, KPC
Shakiri, Hisni                                      NLA
DOB: 1 March 1949
POB: Otlja, FYROM
Shaqiri, Shaqir                                     UCPMB
DOB: 1 September 1964
POB: FRY
Suma, Emrush                                        NLA
DOB: 27 May 1974
POB: Dimce, FRY
Syla, Azem                                          PDK
DOB: 5 April 1951
POB: FRY

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Veliu, Fazli                                        NLA
DOB: 4 January 1945
POB: Kercove, FYROM
Xhemajli, Emrush                                    LPK
DOB: 5 May 1959
POB: Urosevac, FRY
Xhemajli, Muhamet                                   UCPMB
DOB: 8 February 1958
POB: Muhovac, FRY
 

                II. Organizations

                Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja, and Bujanovac 
                (PMBLA a.k.a. UCPMB)

                National Liberation Army (NLA a.k.a. UCK)

                National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (LKCK)

                Political Council of Presevo, Medvedja, and Bujanovac 
                (PCPMB)

                Popular Movement of Kosovo (LPK)

[FR Doc. 01-16668
Filed 6-28-01; 11:33 am]
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