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Designation of Three (3) Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, “Blocking Property of Senior Officials of the Government of Syria”

Notice published May 24, 2013 · 78 FR 31631

Document number
FR Doc. 2013-12442
Type
Notice
Published
May 24, 2013
Citation
78 FR 31631 (pages 31,631–31,632)
Action
Notice.
Effective
May 16, 2013
Dates
The designation by the Director of OFAC of the three (3) individuals identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13573, is effective on May 16, 2013.
Official sources
PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov

Summary

The Federal Register's summaryThe Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of three (3) 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."

Executive orders cited

Text

As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31631-31632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12442]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of Three (3) 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 three (3) 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 three (3)
individuals identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order
13573, is effective on May 16, 2013.

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

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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.
    On May 16, 2013, 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, (3) three
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. AL-AHMAD, NAJM HAMAD; DOB 1969; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of
Justice (individual) [SYRIA].
    2. AL-NAYEF, SA'AD ABDEL-SALAM; DOB 1959; POB Aleppo, Syria;
Minister of Health (individual) [SYRIA].
    3. AL-SUKHNI, ADNAN ABDO; DOB 1961; POB Aleppo, Syria; Minister of
Industry (individual) [SYRIA].

    Dated: May 16, 2013.
John H. Battle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-12442 Filed 5-23-13; 8:45 am]
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