[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10833]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3648]


Designation of Countries of Particular Concern Under the 
International Religious Freedom Act

    Pursuant to section 408(a) of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State, under 
authority delegated by the President, has re-designated the following 
countries as ``countries of particular concern'' under section 402(b) 
of the Act for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe 
violations of religious freedom: Burma, China, Iran, Iraq, Sudan.

    Dated: April 16, 2001.
Thomas F. Farr,
Office Director for International Religious Freedom, Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-10833 Filed 4-30-01; 8:45 am]
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