[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 28601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11409]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of Persons Whose Property and Interests in Property
Are Blocked Pursuant to Executive Order 13664 of April 3, 2014,
``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan.''
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 2 individuals whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13664 of
April 3, 2014, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to
South Sudan.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (Treasury Annex),
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
The List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
(``SDN List'') and additional information concerning OFAC are available
from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac). Certain general information
pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs also is available via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On April 3, 2014, the President issued the Executive Order
``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan''
(the ``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). In the Order, the President
declared a national emergency to address the unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States
posed by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of
South Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread violence
and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child
soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian
operations.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that
come within the United States, or that are or come within the
possession or control of any United States person and of persons
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to satisfy certain criteria set forth in the Order.
On May 6, 2014, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, designated, pursuant to one or more of the
criteria set forth in Section 1 of the Order, the following 2
individuals, whose names have been added to the list of Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13664:
1. MANGOK, Marial Chanuong Yol (a.k.a. CHINOUM, Marial; a.k.a.
CHINUONG, Marial; a.k.a. YOL, Marial Chanoung; a.k.a. ``CHAN,
Marial''); DOB 01 Jan 1960; POB Yirol, Lakes State; Commander,
Presidential Guard Unit; Major General, Sudan People's Liberation
Army (individual) [SOUTH SUDAN].
2. GADET, Peter (a.k.a. GATDET, Peter; a.k.a. YAAK, Peter Gadet;
a.k.a. YAAK, Peter Gatdet; a.k.a. YAK, Peter Gadet; a.k.a. YAKA,
Peter Gatdeet; a.k.a. YAKA, Peter Gatdet); DOB 1957 to 1959; POB
Mayon County Unity State; alt. POB Mayan, Unity State; General
(individual) [SOUTH SUDAN].
Dated: May 6, 2014.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2014-11409 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am]
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