U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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99–011 2011

112th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–41 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS 

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, 2011, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 

1622(d) 

JULY 6, 2011.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the Western Balkans emergency is to continue in 

effect beyond June 26, 2011. 

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, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 

10, 1999, in Kosovo, or the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 

in Macedonia, 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 continue to constitute an 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 sanctions to respond to 

this threat. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 23, 2011. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

THE WESTERN BALKANS

On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the President 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. The President 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, 2011. 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. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 23, 2011. 

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