Burma; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of May 13, 2010)

Federal Register: May 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 94)

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Part II

The President

Notice of May 13, 2010--Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect to Burma

Presidential Documents

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The President

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Notice of May 13, 2010

Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect to Burma

On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13047, certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208), that the Government of Burma had committed large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in

Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States persons contained in that section. The President also declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed to the national security and foreign policy of the United States by the actions and policies of the

Government of Burma, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers

Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

Because the actions and policies of the Government of

Burma continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on

May 20, 1997, and the measures adopted on that date, on

July 28, 2003, in Executive Order 13310, on October 18, 2007, in Executive Order 13448, and on April 30, 2008, in Executive Order 13464 to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond May 20, 2010. 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

Burma. This notice shall be published in the Federal

Register and transmitted to the Congress.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 13, 2010.

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