Other Presidential Documents Because the actions and policies of the Government of Burma continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and for- eign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on May 20, 1997, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emer- gency must continue in effect beyond May 20, 2005. Therefore, in accord- ance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for \177 year the national emergency with respect to Burma. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and trans- mitted to the Congress. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, May 17, 2005. Notice of May 19, 2005 Continuation of the National Emergency Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq has an Interest On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order \1773303, I declared a national emer- gency protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and certain other property in which Iraq has an interest, pursuant to the International Emergency Eco- nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. \17770\177-1706) (IEEPA). I took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and for- eign policy of the United States posed by the obstacles to the orderly recon- struction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and eco- nomic institutions in Iraq constituted by the threat of attachment or other iudicial process against the Development Fund for Iraq, Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products, and interests therein, and proceeds, obligations, or any financial instruments of any nature whatsoever arising from or related to the sale or marketing thereof. On August 28, 2003, in Executive Order \17733\1775, I expanded the scope of this national emergency to block the property of the former Iraqi regime, its senior officials and their family members as the removal of Iraqi prop- erty from that country by certain senior officials of the former Iraqi regime and their immediate family members constitutes an obstacle to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and secu- rity in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq. On July 29, 2004, in Executive Order \1773350, I amended the Annex to Exec- utive Order \1773315 to include certain persons determined to have been sub- iect to economic sanctions pursuant to Executive Orders \1772722 and \1772724. Because of their association with the prior Iraqi regime, I determined that these persons present an obstacle to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in that country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq and, therefore, such persons should be subiect to sanctions under Executive Order \17733\1775. 249
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