GL-27
ActiveCertain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities
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Summary
This license authorizes all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to NGO activities in Ukraine or the Russian Federation that are otherwise prohibited under the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR part 587). Covered activities include humanitarian projects, democracy building, education support, non-commercial development projects, and environmental and natural resource protection. The authorization applies provided that the only involvement of blocked persons is the processing of funds by financial institutions blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024.
Authorized activities
- Humanitarian projects to meet basic human needs in Ukraine or the Russian Federation (drought/flood relief, food/nutrition/medicine distribution, health services, assistance for vulnerable/displaced populations, environmental programs)
- Democracy building activities in Ukraine or the Russian Federation (rule of law, citizen participation, government accountability and transparency, human rights and fundamental freedoms, access to information, civil society development)
- Education support in Ukraine or the Russian Federation (combating illiteracy, increasing access to education, international exchanges, education reform projects)
- Non-commercial development projects directly benefiting the people of Ukraine or the Russian Federation (health, food security, water and sanitation)
- Environmental and natural resource protection in Ukraine or the Russian Federation (preservation of threatened/endangered species, responsible management of natural resources, remediation of pollution or environmental damage)
Conditions
The only permitted involvement of blocked persons is the processing of funds by financial institutions blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024. The license does not authorize: (1) any transaction prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024 (Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions); (2) any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation; or (3) any transaction prohibited by E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068.