[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part III





The President





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Notice of May 16, 2003--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Burma
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                Notice of May 16, 2003

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect to Burma

                On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 
                13047, certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) 
                of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
                Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
                104-208), that the Government of Burma has committed 
                large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in 
                Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the 
                prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States 
                persons contained in that section. The President also 
                declared a national emergency to deal with the threat 
                posed to the national security and foreign policy of 
                the United States by the actions and policies of the 
                Government of Burma, invoking the authority, inter 
                alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
                Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

                Because actions and policies of the Government of Burma 
                continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
                the national security and foreign policy of the United 
                States, the national emergency declared on May 20, 
                1997, and the measures adopted on that date to deal 
                with that emergency must continue in effect beyond May 
                20, 2003. 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 Burma. This notice shall be published in the 
                Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     May 16, 2003.

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