[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14279]
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Part VII
The President
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Notice of May 28, 1997--Continuation of Emergency With Respect to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the Bosnian
Serbs
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Title 3--
The President
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Notice of May 28, 1997
Continuation of Emergency With Respect to the
Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and
the Bosnian Serbs
On May 30, 1992, by Executive Order 12808, President
Bush declared a national emergency to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United
States constituted by the actions and policies of the
Governments of Serbia and Montenegro, blocking all
property and interests in property of those
Governments. President Bush took additional measures to
prohibit trade and other transactions with the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) by
Executive Orders 12810 and 12831, issued on June 5,
1992, and January 15, 1993, respectively. On April 25,
1993, I issued Executive Order 12846, blocking the
property and interests in property of all commercial,
industrial, or public utility undertakings or entities
organized or located in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), and prohibiting
trade-related transactions by United States persons
involving those areas of the Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina controlled by Bosnian Serb forces and the
United Nations Protected Areas in the Republic of
Croatia. On October 25, 1994, because of the actions
and policies of the Bosnian Serbs, I expanded the scope
of the national emergency by issuing Executive Order
12934 to block the property of the Bosnian Serb forces
and the authorities in the territory that they control
within the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well
as the property of any entity organized or located in,
or controlled by any person in, or resident in, those
areas.
On December 27, 1995, I issued Presidential
Determination No. 96-7, directing the Secretary of the
Treasury, inter alia, to suspend the application of
sanctions imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro) pursuant to the above-
referenced Executive orders and to continue to block
property previously blocked until provision is made to
address claims or encumbrances, including the claims of
the other successor states of the former Yugoslavia.
This sanctions relief, in conformity with United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1022 of November
22, 1995 (hereinafter the ``Resolution''), was an
essential factor motivating Serbia and Montenegro's
acceptance of the General Framework Agreement for Peace
in Bosnia and Herzegovina initialed by the parties in
Dayton on November 21, 1995, and signed in Paris on
December 14, 1995 (hereinafter the ``Peace
Agreement''). The sanctions imposed on the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) were
accordingly suspended prospectively, effective January
16, 1996. Sanctions imposed on the Bosnian Serb forces
and authorities and on the territory that they control
within the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina were
subsequently suspended prospectively, effective May 10,
1996, also in conformity with the Peace Agreement and
the Resolution. Sanctions against both the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the
Bosnian Serbs were subsequently terminated by United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1074 of October 1,
1996. This termination, however, did not end the
requirement of the Resolution that blocked funds and
assets that are subject to claims and encumbrances
remain blocked, until unblocked in accordance with
applicable law.
In the last year, substantial progress has been
achieved to bring about a settlement of the conflict in
the former Yugoslavia acceptable to the parties.
Elections occurred in the Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, as provided
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for in the Peace Agreement, and the Bosnian Serb forces
have continued to respect the zones of separation as
provided in the Peace Agreement. The ultimate
disposition of the various remaining categories of
blocked assets is now being addressed, beginning with
the unblocking of five Yugoslav vessels located in
various United States ports effective May 19, 1997.
Until the status of all remaining blocked property is
resolved, the Peace Agreement implemented, and the
terms of the Resolution met, the national emergency
declared on May 30, 1992, as expanded in scope on
October 25, 1994, and the measures adopted pursuant
thereto to deal with that emergency must continue
beyond May 30, 1997.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am
continuing the national emergency with respect to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
and the Bosnian Serb forces and those areas of the
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of
the Bosnian Serb forces. This notice shall be published
in the Federal Register and transmitted to the
Congress.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 28, 1997.
[FR Doc. 97-14279
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