[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.