U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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19–011 2012

112th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–110 

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO BURMA IS TO CONTINUE BEYOND MAY 20, 2012 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO BURMA IS TO CONTINUE BEYOND MAY 20, 

2012 

MAY 17, 2012.—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 Burma that was declared on May 20, 1997, is to continue 

in effect beyond May 20, 2012. 

The Burmese government has made progress in a number of 

areas including releasing hundreds of political prisoners, pursuing 

cease-fire talks with several armed ethnic groups, and pursuing a 

substantive dialogue with Burma’s leading pro-democracy opposition party. The United States is committed to supporting Burma’s 

reform effort, but the situation in Burma continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 

policy of the United States. Burma has made important strides, but 

the political opening is nascent, and we continue to have concerns, 

including remaining political prisoners, ongoing conflict, and serious human rights abuses in ethnic areas. For this reason, I have 

determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 

with respect to Burma and to maintain in force the sanctions that 

respond to this threat. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 17, 2012. 


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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. 1701– 

1706. 

Because the 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 to 

deal with that emergency in Executive Orders 13047 of May 20, 

1997; 13310 of July 28, 2003; 13448 of October 18, 2007; and 13464 

of April 30, 2008, must continue in effect beyond May 20, 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 Burma. This notice shall be 

published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 17, 2012. 

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