PROCLAMATION 7249—NOV. 12, 1999
113 STAT. 2175
Proclamation 7249 of November 12, 1999
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants
of Persons Responsible for Repressicm of the Civilian
Population in Kosovo or for Policies That Obstruct
Democracy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro) ("FRY") or Otherwise Lend
Support to the Current Governments of the FRY and of
the Republic of Serbia
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In light of the actions of President Slobodan Milosevic and other officials of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
("FRY") and the Republic of Serbia against elements of the civilian
population of Kosovo, including actions within the jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the formei' Yugoslavia; in light of
actions being taken by the Milosevic regime to obstruct democracy and
to suppress an independent media and freedom of the press in the
FRY, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo; and in light of the ongoing ef-
forts of the Milosevic regime and its supporters to thwart the economic
sanctions imposed by the United States and otber countries against the
FRY, I have determined that it is in the intenjsts of the United States
to suspend the entry into the United States of certain officials of the
FRY Government and the Government of the Republic of Serbia and
of other persons who either act in support of such officials' policies
or who are closely associated with such officialis.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, by the powers vested in
me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States
of America, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in sections
2 through 4 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the
United States. I do therefore hereby proclaim that:
Section 1. The immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United
States of the following persons is hereby suspended:
(a) Slobodan Milosevic and other persons who, as senior FRY or Serbian officials or as members of the FRY and/or Serbian military or
paramilitary forces, formulated, implemented, or carried out repressive
actions against the civilian population in Kosovo;
(b) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of the Republic of Serbia and FRY nationals who formulate, implement, or carry out policies
obstructing or suppressing freedom of speech or of the press in the
FRY, Serbia, Montenegro, or Kosovo, or who otherwise are obstructing
efforts to establish a peaceful and stable democracy in these areas;
(c) Officials of the Government of the FRY or of the Republic of Serbia and FRY nationals who, individually or as officers or employees
of business or financial entities, engage in financial transactions that
materially support the Government of the FR'V', the Government of the
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