    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book I)]
    [June 22, 2007]
    [Page 797]
    [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 22, 2007

    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, 2007.
    The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the
    Federal Register on June 23, 2006, 71 FR 36183.
        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, in Executive Order 13219 and to amendment of that order in
    Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, has not been resolved. 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 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 22, 2007.

    Note: The related notice of June 22 is listed in Appendix D at the end
    of this volume.