[House Document 110-42]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
110th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-42
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE
WESTERN BALKANS IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2007, PURSUANT
TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
June 22, 2007.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western
Balkans
On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, I declared a
national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans pursuant
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security and foreign policy of the United States
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. I subsequently amended that
order in Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003.
Because the actions of persons threatening the peace and
international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security and foreign policy of the United States, the
national emergency declared on June 26, 2001, and the measures
adopted on that date and thereafter to deal with that
emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2007.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
George W. Bush.
The White House, June 22, 2007.