U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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99–011 2002

107th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–211

CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT

TO BURMA

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED

WITH RESPECT TO BURMA IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND

MAY 20, 2002, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)

MAY 16, 2002.—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. I have sent the enclosed notice,

stating that the Burma emergency is to continue beyond May 20,

2002, to the Federal Register for publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2001.

The crisis between the United States and Burma, constituted by

the actions and policies of the Government of Burma, including its

policies of committing large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in Burma, that led to the declaration of a national emergency on May 20, 1997, has not been resolved. These policies 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 this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to Burma

and maintain in force the sanctions against Burma to respond to

this threat.

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 16, 2002.

NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

BURMA

On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13047,

certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations

Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208) that the Government of Burma

had committed large-scale repression of the democratic opposition

in Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States persons contained in that section. The President also declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed to the national security and

foreign policy of the United States by the actions and policies of the

Government of Burma, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the

International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).

Because actions and policies of the Government of Burma continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national

security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on May 20, 1997, and the measures adopted on that

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date to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond

May 20, 2002. 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 Burma. This notice

shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the

Congress.

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 16, 2002.

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