[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 21 (Monday, May 30, 1994)]
[Pages 1163-1164]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia 
and Montenegro)

May 25, 1994

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 emergency declared with respect to the 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) is to continue in 
effect beyond May 30, 1994, to the Federal Register for publication.
    The circumstances that led to the declaration on May 30, 1992, of a 
national emergency have not been resolved. The Government of the Federal 
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) continues to support 
groups seizing and attempting to seize territory in the Republics of 
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina by force and violence. The actions and 
policies of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 
pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security, vital foreign policy interests, and the economy of the United 
States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to 
maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to apply economic 
pressure to the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia 
and Montenegro) to reduce its ability to support the continuing civil 
strife in the former Yugoslavia.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
May 25, 1994.

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