UKR-GL-23
ActiveCertain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities
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Summary
This general license authorizes nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to conduct all transactions prohibited by E.O. 14065 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to a defined set of activities in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic or Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine (and any other regions designated by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of State). Authorized transaction types include processing and transferring funds, paying taxes, fees, and import duties, and purchasing or receiving permits, licenses, or public utility services. The covered activities span humanitarian aid, democracy building, education, non-commercial development, and environmental/natural resource protection. Transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. 14065 remain prohibited unless otherwise authorized.
Authorized activities
- Processing and transfer of funds, payment of taxes, fees, and import duties, and purchase or receipt of permits, licenses, or public utility services in support of NGO activities
- Humanitarian projects to meet basic human needs in the Covered Regions (drought and flood relief; food, nutrition, and medicine distribution; health services; assistance for vulnerable or displaced populations including individuals with disabilities and the elderly; environmental programs)
- Democracy-building activities in the Covered Regions (rule of law, citizen participation, government accountability and transparency, human rights and fundamental freedoms, access to information, civil society development)
- Education support in the Covered Regions (combating illiteracy, increasing access to education, international exchanges, education reform projects)
- Non-commercial development projects directly benefiting the people of the Covered Regions (health, food security, water and sanitation)
- Environmental and natural resource protection in the Covered Regions (preservation and protection of threatened or endangered species, responsible and transparent management of natural resources, remediation of pollution or other environmental damage)
Conditions
The license does not authorize any transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. 14065, unless otherwise authorized.