    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book I)]
    [May 17, 2005]
    [Page 810]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Burma
    May 17, 2005

    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. I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal
    Register for publication, which states that the Burma emergency is to
    continue beyond May 20, 2005. The most recent notice continuing this
    emergency was published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2004 (69 FR
    29041).
        The crisis between the United States and Burma arising from the
    actions and policies of the Government of Burma that led to the
    declaration of a national emergency on May 20, 1997, has not been
    resolved. These actions and policies, including its policies of
    committing large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in Burma,
    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 this reason, I have determined that it is necessary
    to continue the national emergency with respect to Burma and maintain in
    force the sanctions against Burma to respond to this threat.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     May 17, 2005.

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