CT-GL-19

Summary

General License No. 19 authorizes nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to engage in transactions and activities involving the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, or entities they own 50% or more, that are ordinarily incident and necessary to specified NGO activities in Afghanistan. These activities include humanitarian aid, rule-of-law and civil society support, education, non-commercial development projects, and environmental and natural resource protection. The license carves out certain financial transfers and debits to blocked persons' accounts, and does not override other federal laws or regulations.

Authorized activities

• Activities to support humanitarian projects to meet basic human needs in Afghanistan, including drought and flood relief; food, nutrition, and medicine distribution; the provision of health services; assistance for vulnerable or displaced populations, including individuals with disabilities, the elderly, and survivors of sexual- and gender-based violence; and environmental programs
• Activities to support rule of law, citizen participation, government accountability and transparency, human rights and fundamental freedoms, access to information, and civil society development projects in Afghanistan
• Activities to support education in Afghanistan, including combating illiteracy, increasing access to education, international exchanges, and assisting education reform projects
• Activities to support non-commercial development projects directly benefitting the Afghan people, including related to health, food security, and water and sanitation
• Activities to support environmental and natural resource protection in Afghanistan, including the preservation and protection of threatened or endangered species, responsible and transparent management of natural resources, and the remediation of pollution or other environmental damage

Conditions

The license does not authorize: (1) financial transfers to any blocked person described in paragraph (a), other than for payment of taxes, fees, import duties, or the purchase or receipt of permits, licenses, or public utility services; (2) any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial institution of any blocked person described in paragraph (a); or (3) any transactions or activities otherwise prohibited by the GTSR, the FTOSR, any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or E.O. 13224, as amended. Additionally, nothing in the license relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or requirements of other Federal agencies.