U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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39–011 2005

109th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 109–37 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE WESTERN BALKANS EMERGENCY IS TO 

CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2005, PURSUANT TO 

50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

JUNE 24, 2005.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed 


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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, 2005. The most recent notice continuing this 

emergency was published in the Federal Register on June 25, 2004, 

69 FR 36005. 

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, has not been resolved. Subsequent to the 

declaration of the national emergency, I amended Executive Order 

13219 in Executive Order 13304 of May 29, 2003, to address acts 

obstructing implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 

2001 in the Republic of Macedonia, which have also become a concern. 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 23, 2005. 

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NOTICE

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. Subsequent to the declaration of the national emergency, the actions of persons obstructing implementation of the 

Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 in Macedonia also became a 

pressing concern. I amended Executive Order 13219 on May 28, 

2003, in Executive Order 13304 to address this concern and to take 

additional steps with respect to the national emergency. 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, 2005. 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 23, 2005. 

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