[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2012)]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-12337]



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Vol. 77

Friday,

No. 97

May 18, 2012

Part IV





The President





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Notice of May 17, 2012--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect To Burma
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                Notice of May 17, 2012

                
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 had 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. 1701-1706.

                Because the 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 to deal with 
                that emergency in Executive Orders 13047 of May 20, 
                1997; 13310 of July 28, 2003; 13448 of October 18, 
                2007; and 13464 of April 30, 2008, must continue in 
                effect beyond May 20, 2012.

                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.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 17, 2012.

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