For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 24, 2004
Notice Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Western Balkans
On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, I 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 former Yugoslav 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.
Subsequent to the declaration of the national emergency, the actions of
persons obstructing implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of
2001 in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia also became a
pressing concern. I amended Executive Order 13219 on May 28, 2003, in
Executive Order 13304 to address this concern and to take additional
steps with respect to the national emergency. 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, 2004. 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.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 24, 2004.
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