[ALBSA-Info] Executive Order

[Agron Alibali]

THE WHITE HOUSE 
Office of the Press Secretary 
For Immediate Release June 27, 2001 




EXECUTIVE ORDER 
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BLOCKING PROPERTY OF PERSONS WHO THREATEN 
INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION EFFORTS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 


     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 
     I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, have 
determined that the actions of persons engaged in, or assisting, sponsoring, 
or supporting, (i) extremist violence in the former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, southern Serbia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 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, threaten the peace in or diminish the security 
and stability of those areas and the wider region, undermine the authority, 
efforts, and objectives of the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO), and other international organizations and entities 
present in those areas and the wider region, and endanger the safety of 
persons participating in or providing support to the activities of those 
organizations and entities, including United States military forces and 
Government officials.  I find that such actions constitute an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that 
threat. I hereby order: 
     Section 1.  (a)  Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), 
(3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), the Trade 
Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX, Public Law 
106-387), and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may 
hereafter be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract 
entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date, 
all property and interests in property of: 
     (i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and 
     (ii) persons designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, in      
consultation with the Secretary of State, because they are found: 
     (A) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, acts 
of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace in or 
diminishing the stability or security of any area or state in the Western 
Balkans region, undermining the authority, efforts, or objectives of 
international organizations or entities present in the region, or endangering 
the safety of persons participating in or providing support to the activities 
of those international organizations or entities, or, 
     (B) to have actively obstructed, or to pose a significant risk of 
actively obstructing, implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 in Kosovo, or 
     (C) materially to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial or 
technological support for, or goods or services in support of, such acts of 
violence or obstructionism, or 
     (D) to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act 
directly or indirectly for or on behalf of, any of the foregoing persons, 
that are or hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter 
come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked 
and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in. 
     (b) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type 
specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by United 
States persons to persons designated in or pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency 
declared in this order.  Accordingly, the blocking of property and interests 
in property pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section includes, but is not 
limited to, the prohibition of the making by a United States person of any 
such donation to any such designated person, except as otherwise authorized 
by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
     (c) The blocking of property and interests in property pursuant to 
paragraph (a) of this section includes, but is not limited to, the 
prohibition of the making or receiving by a United States person of any 
contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit 
of a person designated in or pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section. 
     Sec. 2.  Any transaction by a United States person that evades or 
avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, 
any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.  Any 
conspiracy formed to violate the prohibitions of this order is prohibited. 
     Sec. 3.  For the purposes of this order: 
     (a) The term "person" means an individual or entity; 
     (b) The term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint 
venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and 
     (c) The term "United States person" means any United States citizen, 
permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United 
States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign 
branches), or any person in the United States. 
     Sec. 4.  The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the 
promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me 
by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order.  The 
Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other 
officers and agencies of the United States Government.  All agencies of the 
United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures 
within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where 
appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of 
the measures taken. 
     Sec. 5.  This order is not intended to create, nor does it create, any 
right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law 
by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, or any other 
person. 
     Sec. 6.  (a) This order is effective at 12:01 eastern daylight time on 
June 27, 2001;      (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and 
published in the Federal Register. 



                                                              GEORGE W. BUSH 
                                                              THE WHITE 
HOUSE, 
                                                              June 26, 2001. 





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