    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [June 21, 2002]
    [Page 1049]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to the Western Balkans
    June 21, 2002

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)),
    provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless,
    prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President
    publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a Notice
    stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the
    anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
    enclosed Notice, stating that the Western Balkans emergency is to
    continue in effect beyond June 25, 2002, to the Federal Register for
    publication.
        The crisis constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or
    assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, (i) extremist violence in the
    former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and elsewhere in the Western
    Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing implementation of the Dayton
    Accords in Bosnia or United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of
    June 10, 1999, in Kosovo, that led to the declaration of a national
    emergency on June 26, 2001, has not been resolved. These actions are
    hostile to U.S. interests and pose a continuing unusual and
    extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
    United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary
    to continue the national emergency declared with respect to the Western
    Balkans and maintain in force the comprehensive sanctions to respond to
    this threat.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     June 21, 2002.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    June 24. The notice of June 21 is listed in Appendix D at the end of
    this volume.