[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 20 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Pages 751-752]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Burma

May 15, 2001

    On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13047, 
certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1997 (Public Law 104-208), that the Government of Burma has committed 
large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in Burma after 
September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment 
in Burma by United States persons, contained in that section. The 
President also declared a national emergency to deal with the threat 
posed to the national security and foreign policy of the United States 
by the actions and policies of the Government of Burma, invoking the 
authority, <E T='03'<ls-thn-eq>inter alia</E<ls-thn-eq>, of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
    The national emergency declared on May 20, 1997, must continue 
beyond May 20,

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2001, because the Government of Burma continues its policies of 
committing large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in Burma, 
threatening the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national 
emergency with respect to Burma. This notice shall be published in the 
Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 May 15, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., May 16, 
2001]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on May 17.