Designation of Twenty-Nine (29) Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, “Blocking Property of Senior Officials of the Government of Syria”, 43658-43659 [2012-18185]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 143 / Wednesday, July 25, 2012 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of One (1) Entity Pursuant
to Executive Order 13572 of April 29,
2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain
Persons With Respect to Human
Rights Abuses in Syria’’
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of one
(1) entity whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13572 of April 29,
2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain
Persons with Respect to Human Rights
Abuses in Syria.’’
DATES: The designation by the Director
of OFAC of the one (1) entity identified
in this notice, pursuant to Executive
Order 13572, is effective on July 18,
2012.
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:
SUMMARY:
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Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On April 29, 2011, the President
issued Executive Order 13572,
‘‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons
with Respect to Human Rights Abuses
in Syria,’’ (the ‘‘Order’’) pursuant to,
inter alia, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–
06). In the Order, the President
expanded the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order
13338 of May 11, 2004.
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, of persons listed in the
Annex to the Order and of persons
determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State: (1) To be responsible
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for or complicit in, or responsible for
ordering, controlling, or otherwise
directing, or to have participated in, the
commission of human rights abuses in
Syria, including those related to
repression; (2) to be a senior official of
an entity whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to this
Order; (3) to have materially assisted,
sponsored or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or
goods or services in support of, the
activities in subsection (b)(i) of Section
1 of the Order or any person whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
13338, Executive Order 13460, or this
Order; or (4) to be owned or controlled
by, or to have acted or purported to act
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly,
any person whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13460 or this Order.
On July 18, 2012, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, designated,
pursuant to one or more of the criteria
set forth in subsection 1(b) of the Order,
one (1) entity whose property and
interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13572.
The listing for the entity on OFAC’s
list of Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons appear as follows:
Entity
1. DREX TECHNOLOGIES S.A. (a.k.a.
DREX TECHNOLOGIES), Virgin
Islands, British; Company Number
394678 (Virgin Islands, British)
[SYRIA].
Dated: July 18, 2012.
Adam Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of Twenty-Nine (29)
Individuals Pursuant to Executive
Order 13573 of May 18, 2011,
‘‘Blocking Property of Senior Officials
of the Government of Syria’’
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of
twenty-nine (29) individuals whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
13573 of May 18, 2011, ‘‘Blocking
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Property of Senior Officials of the
Government of Syria.’’
DATES: The designation by the Director
of OFAC of the twenty-nine (29)
individuals identified in this notice,
pursuant to Executive Order 13573, is
effective on July 18, 2012.
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
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On May 18, 2011, the President issued
Executive Order 13573, ‘‘Blocking
Property of Senior Officials of the
Government of Syria,’’ (the ‘‘Order’’)
pursuant to, inter alia, the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701–06). In the Order, the
President took additional steps with
respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13338 of
May 11, 2004, which was expanded in
scope in Executive Order 13572 of April
29, 2011.
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, of persons listed in the
Annex to the Order and of persons
determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State: (1) To be a senior
official of the Government of Syria; (2)
to be an agency or instrumentality of the
Government of Syria, or owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the
Government of Syria or by an official or
officials of the Government of Syria; (3)
to have materially assisted, sponsored,
or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or
services in support of, any person
whose property an interests in property
are blocked pursuant to this order; or (4)
to be owned or controlled by, or to have
acted or purported to act for or on behalf
of directly or indirectly, any person
whose property and interest are blocked
pursuant to this order.
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 143 / Wednesday, July 25, 2012 / Notices
On July 18, 2012, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, designated,
pursuant to one or more of the criteria
set forth in subsection 1(b) of the Order,
twenty-nine (29) individuals whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
13573.
The listings for those individuals on
OFAC’s list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons appear
as follows:
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Individuals
1. AHMAD AL-ABDULLAH, Subhi;
DOB 1951; POB Idleb, Sryia; Minister
of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
(individual) [SYRIA].
2. AL-WAZZ, Hazwan; DOB 1962; POB
Damascus, Syria; Minister of
Education (individual) [SYRIA].
3. IBRAHIM SAID, Mahmoud; DOB
1953; POB Lattakia, Syria; Minister of
Transport (individual) [SYRIA].
4. SHUKRI KURDI, Fuad; DOB 1953;
POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of
Industry (individual) [SYRIA].
5. YEHYA MOALLA, Mohammad; DOB
1951; POB Lattakia, Syria; Minister of
Higher Education (individual)
[SYRIA].
6. ZAFER MIHBEK, Mohammad; DOB
1945; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of
Economy and Foreign Trade
(individual) [SYRIA].
7. AL-JLEILATI, MOHAMMAD (a.k.a.
AL-JILILATI, MOHAMMAD); DOB
1945; POB Damascus, Syria; Minister
of Finance (individual) [SYRIA].
8. AHED AL-ZOUBI, Omran; DOB 1959;
POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of
Information (individual) [SYRIA].
9. AL-ASSAF, Safwan; DOB 1959; POB
Hama, Syria; Minister of Housing and
Urban Development (individual)
[SYRIA].
10. AL-SIBAEI, Yasser; DOB 1951; POB
Homs, Syria; Minister of Public Works
(individual) [SYRIA].
11. FARAH SARKIS, Nazira; DOB 1962;
POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of State
for Environment Affairs (individual)
[SYRIA].
12. HAIDAR, Ali; DOB 1962; POB
Hama, Syria; Minister of State for
National Reconciliation Affairs
(individual) [SYRIA].
13. MOHAMMAD ZAKARYA, Jassim;
DOB 1968; POB Hasaka, Syria;
Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
(individual) [SYRIA].
14. MSHAWEH, Lubanah; DOB 1955;
POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of
Culture (individual) [SYRIA].
15. MU’ZI HNEIDI, Said; DOB 1954;
POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of Oil
and Mineral Resources (individual)
[SYRIA].
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16. AL-NASSER, Hala Mohammad; DOB
1964; POB Raqqa, Syria; Minister of
Tourism (individual) [SYRIA].
17. AL-SAYYED, Mohammad AbdulSattar; DOB 1958; POB Tartus, Syria;
Minister of Religious Endowments
(individual) [SYRIA].
18. HABIB, Radwan; DOB 1962; POB
Aleppo, Syria; Minister of Justice
(individual) [SYRIA].
19. HANNA, Bassam; DOB 1954; POB
Aleppo, Syria; Minister of Water
Resources (individual) [SYRIA].
20. HIJAB, Riyad (a.k.a. HIJAB, Riyad
Farid), Syria; DOB 1966; POB Deir
Ezzor, Syria; Prime Minister
(individual) [SYRIA].
21. JAMIL, Qadri (a.k.a. JAMIL, Kadri);
DOB 1952; POB Damascus, Syria;
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic
Affairs; Minister of Internal Trade and
Consumer Protection (individual)
[SYRIA].
22. AL-HALQI, Wael Nader; DOB 1964;
POB Daraa, Syria; Minister of Health
(individual) [SYRIA].
23. AZZAM, Mansour Fadlallah; DOB
1960; POB Sweida, Syria; Minister of
Presidential Affairs (individual)
[SYRIA].
24. FARZAT, Hussein Mahmoud; DOB
1957; POB Hama, Syria; Minister of
State (individual) [SYRIA].
25. GHALAWANJI, Omar Ibrahim; DOB
1954; POB Tartous, Syria; Deputy
Prime Minister for Services Affairs;
Minister of Local Administration
(individual) [SYRIA].
26. KHAMIS, Imad Mohammad Deeb;
DOB 01 Aug 1961; POB near
Damascus, Syria; Minister of
Electricity (individual) [SYRIA].
27. SABOUNI, Imad Abdul-Ghani (a.k.a.
SABOUNI, Emad Abdul-Ghani); DOB
1964; POB Damascus, Syria; Minister
of Communications and Technology
(individual) [SYRIA].
28. SWEID, Joseph Jurji (a.k.a. SUWAID,
Joseph); DOB 1958; POB Damascus,
Syria; Minister of State (individual)
[SYRIA].
29. MAYALEH, Adib (a.k.a. MAYALA,
Adib); DOB 1955; POB Daraa, Syria;
Governor of Central Bank of Syria
(individual) [SYRIA].
Dated: July 18, 2012.
Adam Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Actions Taken Pursuant to Executive
Order 13382
ACTION:
Notice.
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing on OFAC’s list
of Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN List’’) the names
of five entities, whose property and
interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of
June 28, 2005, ‘‘Blocking Property of
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Proliferators and Their Supporters.’’ The
designations by the Director of OFAC,
pursuant to Executive Order 13382,
were effective on July 18, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
Tel.: 202/622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On June 28, 2005, the President,
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706)
(‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order
13382 (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005) (the
‘‘Order’’), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on June 29, 2005. In the
Order, the President took additional
steps with respect to the national
emergency described and declared in
Executive Order 12938 of November 14,
1994, regarding the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and the
means of delivering them.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, or that hereafter come
within the United States or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of United States persons, of: (1)
The persons listed in the Annex to the
Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Attorney General, and
other relevant agencies, to have
engaged, or attempted to engage, in
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of Twenty-Nine (29) Individuals Pursuant to Executive
Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Senior Officials of
the Government of Syria''
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 twenty-nine (29) individuals
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Senior
Officials of the Government of Syria.''
DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the twenty-nine (29)
individuals identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order
13573, is effective on July 18, 2012.
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
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On May 18, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13573,
``Blocking Property of Senior Officials of the Government of Syria,''
(the ``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). In the Order, the President
took additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, which was expanded in scope
in Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011.
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, of persons listed in
the Annex to the Order and of persons determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State: (1) To be a
senior official of the Government of Syria; (2) to be an agency or
instrumentality of the Government of Syria, or owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by the Government of Syria or by an official or
officials of the Government of Syria; (3) to have materially assisted,
sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support
for, or goods or services in support of, any person whose property an
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or (4) to be
owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on
behalf of directly or indirectly, any person whose property and
interest are blocked pursuant to this order.
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On July 18, 2012, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, designated, pursuant to one or more of the
criteria set forth in subsection 1(b) of the Order, twenty-nine (29)
individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13573.
The listings for those individuals on OFAC's list of Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows:
Individuals
1. AHMAD AL-ABDULLAH, Subhi; DOB 1951; POB Idleb, Sryia; Minister of
Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (individual) [SYRIA].
2. AL-WAZZ, Hazwan; DOB 1962; POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of
Education (individual) [SYRIA].
3. IBRAHIM SAID, Mahmoud; DOB 1953; POB Lattakia, Syria; Minister of
Transport (individual) [SYRIA].
4. SHUKRI KURDI, Fuad; DOB 1953; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of
Industry (individual) [SYRIA].
5. YEHYA MOALLA, Mohammad; DOB 1951; POB Lattakia, Syria; Minister of
Higher Education (individual) [SYRIA].
6. ZAFER MIHBEK, Mohammad; DOB 1945; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of
Economy and Foreign Trade (individual) [SYRIA].
7. AL-JLEILATI, MOHAMMAD (a.k.a. AL-JILILATI, MOHAMMAD); DOB 1945; POB
Damascus, Syria; Minister of Finance (individual) [SYRIA].
8. AHED AL-ZOUBI, Omran; DOB 1959; POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of
Information (individual) [SYRIA].
9. AL-ASSAF, Safwan; DOB 1959; POB Hama, Syria; Minister of Housing and
Urban Development (individual) [SYRIA].
10. AL-SIBAEI, Yasser; DOB 1951; POB Homs, Syria; Minister of Public
Works (individual) [SYRIA].
11. FARAH SARKIS, Nazira; DOB 1962; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of
State for Environment Affairs (individual) [SYRIA].
12. HAIDAR, Ali; DOB 1962; POB Hama, Syria; Minister of State for
National Reconciliation Affairs (individual) [SYRIA].
13. MOHAMMAD ZAKARYA, Jassim; DOB 1968; POB Hasaka, Syria; Minister of
Social Affairs and Labor (individual) [SYRIA].
14. MSHAWEH, Lubanah; DOB 1955; POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of
Culture (individual) [SYRIA].
15. MU'ZI HNEIDI, Said; DOB 1954; POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of Oil
and Mineral Resources (individual) [SYRIA].
16. AL-NASSER, Hala Mohammad; DOB 1964; POB Raqqa, Syria; Minister of
Tourism (individual) [SYRIA].
17. AL-SAYYED, Mohammad Abdul-Sattar; DOB 1958; POB Tartus, Syria;
Minister of Religious Endowments (individual) [SYRIA].
18. HABIB, Radwan; DOB 1962; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of Justice
(individual) [SYRIA].
19. HANNA, Bassam; DOB 1954; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of Water
Resources (individual) [SYRIA].
20. HIJAB, Riyad (a.k.a. HIJAB, Riyad Farid), Syria; DOB 1966; POB Deir
Ezzor, Syria; Prime Minister (individual) [SYRIA].
21. JAMIL, Qadri (a.k.a. JAMIL, Kadri); DOB 1952; POB Damascus, Syria;
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs; Minister of Internal Trade
and Consumer Protection (individual) [SYRIA].
22. AL-HALQI, Wael Nader; DOB 1964; POB Daraa, Syria; Minister of
Health (individual) [SYRIA].
23. AZZAM, Mansour Fadlallah; DOB 1960; POB Sweida, Syria; Minister of
Presidential Affairs (individual) [SYRIA].
24. FARZAT, Hussein Mahmoud; DOB 1957; POB Hama, Syria; Minister of
State (individual) [SYRIA].
25. GHALAWANJI, Omar Ibrahim; DOB 1954; POB Tartous, Syria; Deputy
Prime Minister for Services Affairs; Minister of Local Administration
(individual) [SYRIA].
26. KHAMIS, Imad Mohammad Deeb; DOB 01 Aug 1961; POB near Damascus,
Syria; Minister of Electricity (individual) [SYRIA].
27. SABOUNI, Imad Abdul-Ghani (a.k.a. SABOUNI, Emad Abdul-Ghani); DOB
1964; POB Damascus, Syria; Minister of Communications and Technology
(individual) [SYRIA].
28. SWEID, Joseph Jurji (a.k.a. SUWAID, Joseph); DOB 1958; POB
Damascus, Syria; Minister of State (individual) [SYRIA].
29. MAYALEH, Adib (a.k.a. MAYALA, Adib); DOB 1955; POB Daraa, Syria;
Governor of Central Bank of Syria (individual) [SYRIA].
Dated: July 18, 2012.
Adam Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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