    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [April 30, 1999]
    [Pages 665-666]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Additional Economic Sanctions Against the
    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
    April 30, 1999

    To the Congress of the United States:
        In response to the brutal ethnic cleansing campaign in Kosovo
    carried out by the military, police, and paramilitary forces of the
    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the NATO allies
    have agreed to buttress NATO's military actions by tightening economic
    sanctions against the Milosevic regime. Pursuant to section 204(b) of
    the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C.
    1703(b), I hereby report to the Congress that, in order to implement the
    measures called for by NATO, I have exercised my statutory authority to
    take additional steps with respect to the continuing human rights and
    humanitarian crisis in Kosovo and the national emergency described and
    declared in Executive Order 13088 of June 9, 1998.
        Pursuant to this authority, I have issued a new Executive order
    that:
        expands the assets freeze previously imposed on the assets
                of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
                (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and the
                Republic of Montenegro subject to U.S. jurisdiction, by
                removing the exemption in Executive Order 13088 for
                financial transactions by United States persons conducted
                exclusively through the domestic banking system within the
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) or
                using bank notes or barter;
        prohibits exports or reexports, directly or indirectly, from
                the United States or by a United States person, wherever
                located, of goods, software, technology, or services to the
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) or
                the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
                (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, or the
                Republic of Montenegro;
        prohibits imports, directly or indirectly, into the United
                States of goods, software, technology, or services from the
                Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) or
                owned or controlled by the Governments of the Federal
                Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic
                of Serbia, or the Republic of Montenegro;
        prohibits any transaction or dealing, including approving,
                financing, or facilitating, by a United States person,
                wherever located, related to trade with or to the Federal
                Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) or the
                Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia
                and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, or the Republic of
                Montenegro.
        The trade-related prohibitions apply to any goods (including
    petroleum and petroleum products), software, technology (including
    technical data), or services, except to the extent excluded by section
    203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)).

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        The ban on new investment by United States persons in the territory
    of Serbia--imposed by Executive Order 13088--continues in effect.
        The Executive order provides that the Secretary of the Treasury in
    consultation with the Secretary of State, shall give special
    consideration to the circumstances of the Government of the Republic of
    Montenegro. As with Executive Order 13088, an exemption from the new
    sanctions has been granted to Montenegro. In implementing this order,
    special consideration is also to be given to the humanitarian needs of
    refugees from Kosovo and other civilians within the Federal Republic of
    Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
        In keeping with my Administration's new policy to exempt commercial
    sales of food and medicine from sanctions regimes, the Executive order
    directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
    Secretary of State, to authorize commercial sales of agricultural
    commodities and products, medicine, and medical equipment for civilian
    end use in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
    Such sales are to be subject to appropriate safeguards to prevent
    diversion to military, paramilitary, or political use by the Governments
    of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the
    Republic of Serbia, or the Republic of Montenegro.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    April 30, 1999.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    May 1. The Executive order of April 30 is listed in Appendix D at the
    end of this volume.