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]

Download as PDF 43658 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: srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:49 Jul 24, 2012 Jkt 226001 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. [FR Doc. 2012–18182 Filed 7–24–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. E:\FR\FM\25JYN1.SGM 25JYN1 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: srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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]. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:49 Jul 24, 2012 Jkt 226001 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. [FR Doc. 2012–18185 Filed 7–24–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4811–AL–P PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 43659 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 E:\FR\FM\25JYN1.SGM 25JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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.
[FR Doc. 2012-18185 Filed 7-24-12; 8:45 am]
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