For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 23, 2005
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 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 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 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, 2005. 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 23, 2005.
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