U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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29–011 2013

113th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–37 

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 MUST CONTINUE 

IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2013 

JUNE 18, 2013.—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 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 national emergency with 

respect to the Western Balkans that was declared in Executive 

Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to remain in effect beyond June 

26, 2013. 

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, related to Kosovo, which 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, to include acts obstructing implementation of the Ohrid 

Framework Agreement of 2001 in Macedonia, 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 

this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the 

national emergency declared with respect to the Western Balkans. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 17, 2013. 


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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, 

relating to Kosovo. The President subsequently amended that order 

in Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to include acts obstructing the implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement relating to Macedonia. 

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. 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, 2013. 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. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 17, 2013. 

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