[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62561-62562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30152]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 17, 1999 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 7249 of November 12, 1999
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Repression of
the Civilian Population in Kosovo or for Policies That
Obstruct Democracy in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (``FRY'') or
Otherwise Lend Support to the Current Governments of
the FRY and of the Republic of Serbia
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In light of the actions of President Slobodan Milosevic
and other officials of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (``FRY'') and the
Republic of Serbia against elements of the civilian
population of Kosovo, including actions within the
jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia; in light of actions being taken
by the Milosevic regime to obstruct democracy and to
suppress an independent media and freedom of the press
in the FRY, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo; and in
light of the ongoing efforts of the Milosevic regime
and its supporters to thwart the economic sanctions
imposed by the United States and other countries
against the FRY, I have determined that it is in the
interests of the United States to suspend the entry
into the United States of certain officials of the FRY
Government and the Government of the Republic of Serbia
and of other persons who either act in support of such
officials' policies or who are closely associated with
such officials.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, by the powers
vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including section
212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952,
as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title
3, United States Code, hereby find that the
unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of persons described in section 1 of this
proclamation would, except as provided for in sections
2 through 4 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the
interests of the United States. I do therefore hereby
proclaim that:
Section 1. The immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into
the United States of the following persons is hereby
suspended:
(a) Slobodan Milosevic and other persons who, as
senior FRY or Serbian officials or as members of the
FRY and/or Serbian military or paramilitary forces,
formulated, implemented, or carried out repressive
actions against the civilian population in Kosovo;
(b) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of
the Republic of Serbia and FRY nationals who formulate,
implement, or carry out policies obstructing or
suppressing freedom of speech or of the press in the
FRY, Serbia, Montenegro, or Kosovo, or who otherwise
are obstructing efforts to establish a peaceful and
stable democracy in these areas;
(c) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of
the Republic of Serbia and FRY nationals who,
individually or as officers or employees of business or
financial entities, engage in financial transactions
that materially support the Government of the FRY, the
Government of the Republic of Serbia, Slobodan
Milosevic, or members of the Milosevic regime; and
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(d) Any spouse, minor child, close relative, or
close personal associate of any person described in
subsections (a) through (c) above, if the entry into
the United States of such spouse, minor child, close
relative, or close personal associate would not be in
the interests of the United States in light of the
objectives of this proclamation.
Sec. 2. Section 1 shall not apply with respect to any
person otherwise covered by section 1 where the entry
of such person would not be contrary to the interests
of the United States.
Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 shall be
identified by the Secretary of State, or the
Secretary's designee, in the Secretary or the
Secretary's designee's sole discretion, pursuant to
such procedures as the Secretary may establish under
section 5 below.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed
to derogate from United States Government obligations
under applicable international agreements.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have
responsibility to implement this proclamation pursuant
to procedures the Secretary may establish.
Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and
shall remain in effect, in whole or in part, until such
time as the Secretary of State determines that it is no
longer necessary and should be terminated, in whole or
in part.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twenty-fourth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 99-30152
Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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