[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 45 (Monday, November 15, 1999)]
[Pages 2366-2367]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7249--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants 
of Persons Responsible for Repression of the Civilian Population in 
Kosovo or for Policies That Obstruct Democracy in the Federal Republic 
of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (``FRY'') or Otherwise Lend 
Support to the Current Governments of the FRY and of the Republic of 
Serbia

November 12, 1999

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    In light of the actions of President Slobodan Milosevic and other 
officials of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 
(``FRY'') and the Republic of Serbia against elements of the civilian 
population of Kosovo, including actions within the jurisdiction of the 
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; in light of 
actions being taken by the Milosevic regime to obstruct democracy and to 
suppress an independent media and freedom of the press in the FRY, 
Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo; and in light of the ongoing efforts of 
the Milosevic regime and its supporters to thwart the economic sanctions 
imposed by the United States and other countries against the FRY, I have 
determined that it is in the interests of the United States to suspend 
the entry into the United States of certain officials of the FRY 
Government and the Government of the Republic of Serbia and of other 
persons who either act in support of such officials' policies or who are 
closely associated with such officials.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, by the powers vested in me as 
President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
America, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and 
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in 
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided

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for in sections 2 through 4 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the 
interests of the United States. I do therefore hereby proclaim that:
    Section 1. The immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United 
States of the following persons is hereby suspended:
    (a) Slobodan Milosevic and other persons who, as senior FRY or 
Serbian officials or as members of the FRY and/or Serbian military or 
paramilitary forces, formulated, implemented, or carried out repressive 
actions against the civilian population in Kosovo;
    (b) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of the Republic of 
Serbia and FRY nationals who formulate, implement, or carry out policies 
obstructing or suppressing freedom of speech or of the press in the FRY, 
Serbia, Montenegro, or Kosovo, or who otherwise are obstructing efforts 
to establish a peaceful and stable democracy in these areas;
    (c) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of the Republic of 
Serbia and FRY nationals who, individually or as officers or employees 
of business or financial entities, engage in financial transactions that 
materially support the Government of the FRY, the Government of the 
Republic of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic, or members of the Milosevic 
regime; and
    (d) Any spouse, minor child, close relative, or close personal 
associate of any person described in subsections (a) through (c) above, 
if the entry into the United States of such spouse, minor child, close 
relative, or close personal associate would not be in the interests of 
the United States in light of the objectives of this proclamation.
    Sec. 2. Section 1 shall not apply with respect to any person 
otherwise covered by section 1 where the entry of such person would not 
be contrary to the interests of the United States.
    Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 shall be identified by 
the Secretary of State, or the Secretary's designee, in the Secretary or 
the Secretary's designee's sole discretion, pursuant to such procedures 
as the Secretary may establish under section 5 below.
    Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate 
from United States Government obligations under applicable international 
agreements.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility to 
implement this proclamation pursuant to procedures the Secretary may 
establish.
    Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and shall remain 
in effect, in whole or in part, until such time as the Secretary of 
State determines that it is no longer necessary and should be 
terminated, in whole or in part.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of 
November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and 
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
twenty-fourth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 16, 
1999]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
November 17.