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69–011 2017

115th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–48 

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, WITH RESPECT 

TO THE WESTERN BALKANS, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2017, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); 

PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

JUNE 21, 2017.—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, within 90 days of 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 that provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to 

the Western Balkans that was declared in Executive Order 13219 

of June 26, 2001, is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2017. 

The threat 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, has not been resolved. In addition, Executive 

Order 13219 was amended by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 

2003, to take additional steps with respect to acts obstructing implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 relating 

to Macedonia. 

The acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity outlined 

in these Executive Orders are hostile to United States interests 

and continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this 

reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 21, 2017. 


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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, to take additional steps with 

respect to acts obstructing implementation of the Ohrid Framework 

Agreement of 2001 relating to Macedonia. 

The actions of persons threatening the peace and international 

stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans, including acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity, continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 

policy of the United States. For this reason, 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, 2017. 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 declared in Executive Order 13219. 

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 21, 2017. 

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