[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 39065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16009]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of an Entity Pursuant to Executive Order 13413

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 name of one entity whose property and 
interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons 
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the one entity 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13413 of October 
27, 2006, is effective on July 1, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance and Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac) and via facsimile 
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: (202) 622-0077.

Background

    On October 27, 2006, the President signed Executive Order 13413, 
``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo'' (the ``Order'' or ``E.O. 
13413''), pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 
et seq.), and section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 287c).
    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 United States persons, of the persons identified by the 
President in the Annex to the Order, as well as those persons 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with 
the Secretary of State, to meet any of the criteria set forth in 
subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A)-(a)(ii)(G) of Section 1 of the Order.
    On July 1, 2014, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, designated pursuant to one or more of the criteria 
set forth in Section 1 of the Order, the one entity listed below, whose 
name has been added to the list of Specially Designated Nationals and 
Blocked Persons and whose property and interests in property, 
therefore, are blocked.
    The listing of the blocked entity appears as follows:

1. ALLIED DEMOCRATIC FORCES (a.k.a. ADF; a.k.a. ADF/NALU; a.k.a. 
FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES ALLIEES-ARMEE NATIONALE DE LIBERATION DE 
L'OUGANDA; a.k.a. ISLAMIC ALLIANCE OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES), North Kivu 
Province, Congo, Democratic Republic of the [DRCONGO].

    Dated: July 1, 2014.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2014-16009 Filed 7-8-14; 8:45 am]
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