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Executive Order of June 27, 2001
The President has issued an Executive
Order blocking property of persons "who
threaten international stabilization efforts
in the Western Balkans." The text of the EO
follows, including an Annex containing the
names of designated targets. OFAC has updated
its industry brochures and SDN list
accordingly:
"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, in southern Serbia, the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, and elsewhere in the
Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts
obstructing the 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, Pub. L.
No. 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 property interests in or
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.
See. 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 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 27,
2001;
(b) This order shall be
transmitted to the Congress and published in
the Federal Register."
ANNEX (in OFAC SDN list format):
ADEMI, Xhevat, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 8 Dec
1962; POB: Tetovo, FYROM) (individual)
[BALKANS]
AHMETI, Ali, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 4 Jan
1959; POB: Kicevo, FYROM) (individual)
[BALKANS]
BEXHETI, Nuri, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 1962;
POB: Tetovo, FYROM) (individual)
[BALKANS]
DALIPI, Tahir, Member of
Political Council of Presevo, Medvedja, and
Bujanovac (PCPMB) (POB: Presevo, FRY)
(individual) [BALKANS]
ELSHANI, Gafur, Member of
Popular Movement of Kosovo (LPK) (DOB: 29 Mar
1958; POB: Suva Reka, FRY) (individual)
[BALKANS]
GASHI, Sabit, Member of
National Movement for the Liberation of
Kosovo (LKCK) (DOB: 30 Dec 1967; POB: Suva
Reka, FRY) (individual) [BALKANS]
HABIBI, Skender, Member of
Party for Democratic Progress for Kosovo
(PDK) (DOB: 1968; POB: Vitina, FRY)
(individual) [BALKANS]
HARADINAJ, Daut, Regional Task
Group 3 Commander of Kosovo Protection Corps
(KPC) (DOB: 6 Apr 1978; POB: Goldane, FRY)
(individual) [BALKANS]
HASANI, Xhavit, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 5 May
1957; POB: Tanishec, FYROM) (individual)
[BALKANS]
LIBERATION ARMY OF PRESEVO,
MEDVEDJA, AND BUJANOVAC (a.k.a. PMBLA; a.k.a.
UCPMB) [BALKANS]
LKCK (a.k.a. NATIONAL MOVEMENT
FOR THE LIBERATION OF KOSOVO) [BALKANS]
LLADROVICI, Ramiz, Guard Rapid
Reaction Group Deputy Commander of Kosovo
Protection Corps (KPC) (DOB: 3 Jan 1966)
(individual) [BALKANS]
LPK (a.k.a. POPULAR MOVEMENT
OF KOSOVO) [BALKANS]
LUSHTAKU, Sami, Regional Task
Group 2 Commander of Kosovo Protection Corps
(KPC) (DOB: 20 Feb 1961; POB: Srbica, FRY)
(individual) [BALKANS]
MUSLIU, Jonusz, Member of
Political Council of Presevo, Medvedja, and
Bujanovac (PCPMB) (DOB: 5 Jan 1959; POB:
Konculj, FRY) (individual) [BALKANS]
MUSLIU, Shefqet, Member of
Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja, and
Bujanovac (UCPMB) (DOB: 12 Feb 1963; POB:
Konculj, FRY) (individual) [BALKANS]
MUSTAFA, Rrustem, Regional
Task Group 6 Commander of Kosovo Protection
Corps (KPC) (DOB: 27 Feb 1971; POB: Podujevo,
FRY) (individual) [BALKANS]
NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY
(a.k.a. NLA; a.k.a. UCK) [BALKANS]
NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR THE
LIBERATION OF KOSOVO (a.k.a. LKCK)
[BALKANS]
NLA (a.k.a. NATIONAL
LIBERATION ARMY; a.k.a. UCK) [BALKANS]
OSTREMI, Gezim, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 1 Nov
1942; POB: Debar, Macedonia) (individual)
[BALKANS]
PCPMB (a.k.a. POLITICAL
COUNCIL OF PRESEVO, MEDVEDJA, AND BUJANOVAC)
[BALKANS]
PMBLA (a.k.a. LIBERATION ARMY
OF PRESEVO, MEDVEDJA, AND BUJANOVAC; a.k.a.
UCPMB) [BALKANS]
POLITICAL COUNCIL OF PRESEVO,
MEDVEDJA, AND BUJANOVAC (a.k.a. PCPMB)
[BALKANS]
POPULAR MOVEMENT OF KOSOVO
(a.k.a. LPK) [BALKANS]
SELIMI, Rexhep, Leadership
Academy Commander of Kosovo Protection Corps
(KPC) (DOB: 15 Mar 1971; POB: Iglarevo, FRY)
(individual) [BALKANS]
SHAKIRI, Hisni, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 1949;
POB: Otlja, FYROM) (individual) [BALKANS]
SHAQIRI, Shaqir, Member of
Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja, and
Bujanovac (UCPMB) (DOB: 1 Sep 1964; POB: FRY)
(individual) [BALKANS]
SUMA, Emrush, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 27 May
1974; POB: Dimce, FRY) (individual)
[BALKANS]
SYLA, Azem, Member of Party
for Democratic Progress for Kosovo (PDK)
(DOB: 5 Apr 1951; POB: FRY) (individual)
[BALKANS]
UCK (a.k.a. NATIONAL
LIBERATION ARMY; a.k.a. NLA) [BALKANS]
UCPMB (a.k.a. LIBERATION ARMY
OF PRESEVO, MEDVEDJA, AND BUJANOVAC; a.k.a.
PMBLA) [BALKANS]
VELIU, Fazli, Member of
National Liberation Army (NLA) (DOB: 4 Jan
1945; POB: Kercove, FYROM) (individual)
[BALKANS]
XHEMAJLI, Emrush, Member of
Popular Movement of Kosovo (LPK) (DOB: 5 May
1959; POB: Urosevac, FRY) (individual)
[BALKANS]
XHEMAJLI, Muhamet, Member of
Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja, and
Bujanovac (UCPMB) (DOB: 8 Feb 1958; POB:
Muhovac, FRY) (individual) [BALKANS]
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