For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 17, 2004
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 has 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 et seq. On July 28, 2003, I issued Executive Order
13310 taking additional steps with respect to that national emergency
by putting in place an import ban required by the Burmese Freedom and
Democracy Act of 2003 and prohibiting exports of financial services to
Burma and the dealing in property in which certain designated Burmese
persons have an interest.
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 date to deal with that
emergency must continue in effect beyond May 20, 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 Burma. This notice shall be published in the Federal
Register and transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 17, 2004.
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