    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book I)]
    [June 23, 2005]
    [Pages 1059-1060]
    [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 23, 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. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
    enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that
    the Western Balkans emergency is to continue in effect beyond June 26,
    2005. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in
    the Federal Register on June 25, 2004, 69 FR 36005.
        The crisis constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or
    assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist violence in the
    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. Subsequent to the declaration of the
    national emergency, I amended Executive Order 13219 in Executive Order
    13304 of May 28, 2003, to address acts obstructing implementation of the
    Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 in the Republic of Macedonia, which
    have also become a concern. The acts of extremist violence and
    obstructionist activity outlined in Executive Order 13219, as amended,
    are hostile to U.S. interests and pose a continuing unusual and
    extraordinary

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    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 23, 2005.

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