[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book I)]
[June 24, 2004]
[Pages 1128-1129]
[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 24, 2004

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 26, 2004, to the Federal Register for 
publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was 
published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2003, 68 Fed. Reg. 37389.
    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

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June 26, 2001, has not been resolved. Subsequent to the declaration of 
the national emergency, acts obstructing implementation of the Ohrid 
Framework Agreement of 2001 in the former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, have also become a concern. All of 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 24, 2004.

Note: The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.