U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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19–011 2012

112th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–118 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS 

COMMUNICATION 

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, 2012, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 

1622(D) 

JUNE 25, 2012.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, June 22, 2012. 

Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: 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 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, 2012. 

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 the 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 pose 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. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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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, 2012. 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 22, 2012. 

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