    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [April 26, 1993]
    [Pages 514-515]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Additional Measures With Respect to the
    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
    April 26, 1993

    To the Congress of the United States:
        On June 1, 1992, pursuant to section 204(b) of the International
    Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301 of the
    National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), President Bush reported to
    the Congress by letters to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
    of the House, dated May 30, 1992, that he had exercised his statutory
    authority to issue Executive Order No. 12808 of May 30, 1992, declaring
    a national emergency and blocking ``Yugoslav Government'' property and
    property of the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro.
        On June 5, 1992, pursuant to the above authorities as well as
    section 1114 of the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1514), and
    section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act (22 U.S.C. 287c), the
    President reported to the Congress by letters to the President of the
    Senate and the Speaker of the House that he had exercised his statutory
    authority to issue Executive Order No. 12810 of June 5, 1992, blocking
    property of and prohibiting transactions with the Federal Republic of
    Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). This latter action was taken to
    ensure that the economic measures taken by the United States with
    respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
    conform to U.N. Security Council Resolution No. 757 (May 30, 1992).
        On January 19, 1993, pursuant to the above authorities, President
    Bush reported to the Congress by letters to the President of the Senate
    and the Speaker of the House that he had exercised his statutory
    authority to issue Executive Order No. 12831 of January 15, 1993, to
    impose additional economic measures with respect to the Federal Republic
    of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to conform to U.N. Security
    Council Resolution No. 787 (November 16, 1992). Those additional
    measures prohibited transactions related to transshipments through the
    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), as well as
    transactions related to vessels owned or controlled by persons or
    entities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
        On April 17, 1993, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution No.
    820, calling on the Bosnian Serbs to accept the Vance-Owen peace plan
    for Bosnia-Hercegovina and, if they failed to do so by April 26, calling
    on member states to take additional measures to tighten the embargo
    against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
    Effective 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 26, 1993, I have taken additional
    steps pursuant to the above statutory authorities to enhance the
    implementation of this international embargo and to conform to U.N.
    Security Council Resolution No. 820 (April 17, 1993).
        The order that I signed on April 25, 1993:
        --blocks all property of businesses organized or located in the
            Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia or Montenegro), including
            the property of entities owned or controlled by them, wherever
            organized or located, if that property is in or later comes
            within the United States or the possession or control of U.S.
            persons, including their overseas branches;
        --charges to the owners or operators of property blocked under that
            order or Executive Order No. 12808, 12810, or 12831 all expenses
            incident to the blocking and maintenance of such property,
            requires that such expenses be satisfied from sources other than
            blocked funds, and permits such property to be sold and the
            proceeds (after payment of expenses) placed in a blocked
            account;
        --orders (1) the detention, pending investigation, of all nonblocked
            vessels, aircraft, freight vehicles, rolling stock, and cargo
            within the United States that are suspected of violating U.N.
            Security Council Resolu-

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          tion No. 713, 757, 787, or 820, and (2) the blocking of such
            conveyances or cargo if a violation is determined to have been
            committed, and permits the sale of such blocked conveyances or
            cargo and the placing of the net proceeds into a blocked
            account;
        --prohibits any vessel registered in the United States, or owned or
            controlled by U.S. persons, other than a United States naval
            vessel, from entering the territorial waters of the Federal
            Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); and
        --prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in any dealings relating to
            the shipment of goods to, from, or through United Nations
            Protected Areas in the Republic of Croatia and areas in the
            Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb
            forces.
        The order that I signed on April 25, 1993, authorizes the Secretary
    of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of State to take such
    actions, and to employ all powers granted to me by the International
    Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act,
    as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of that order, including
    the issuance of licenses authorizing transactions otherwise prohibited.
    The sanctions imposed in the order apply notwithstanding any preexisting
    contracts, international agreements, licenses or authorizations.
    However, licenses or authorizations previously issued pursuant to
    Executive Order No. 12808, 12810, or 12831 are not invalidated by the
    order unless they are terminated, suspended or modified by action of the
    issuing federal agency.
        The declaration of the national emergency made by Executive Order
    No. 12808 and the controls imposed under Executive Orders No. 12810 and
    12831, and any other provisions of those orders not modified by or
    inconsistent with the April 25, 1993, order, remain in full force and
    are unaffected by that order.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    April 26, 1993.

    Note: The Executive order of April 25 is listed in Appendix D at the end
    of this volume.