Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western Balkans

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]

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[FR Doc No: 2018-13805]

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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 /

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Notice of June 22, 2018

Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect to the Western Balkans

On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the

President 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. The President

subsequently amended that order in Executive Order

13304 of May 28, 2003, to take additional steps with

respect to acts obstructing implementation of the Ohrid

Framework Agreement of 2001 relating to Macedonia.

Bosnia or United Nations Security Council Resolution

1244 of June 10, 1999, in Kosovo. The President

subsequently amended that order in Executive Order

13304 of May 28, 2003, to take additional steps with

respect to acts obstructing implementation of the Ohrid

Framework Agreement of 2001 relating to Macedonia.

The actions of persons threatening the peace and

international stabilization efforts in the Western

Balkans, including acts of extremist violence and

obstructionist activity, continue to pose an unusual

and extraordinary threat to the national security and

foreign policy of the United States. For this reason,

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, 2018. 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

declared in Executive Order 13219.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register

and transmitted to the Congress.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 22, 2018.

[FR Doc. 2018-13805

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