[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 225 (Friday, November 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65838-65839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22866]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designation of One Entity Pursuant to Executive Order 
13224

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 name of one newly-designated entity whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting 
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support 
Terrorism.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the entity identified 
in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, is effective on 
Thursday, November 15, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, 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 (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224 
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of 
1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President declared a national 
emergency to address grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism 
committed by foreign terrorists, including the September 11, 2001, 
terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The 
Order imposes economic sanctions on persons who have committed, pose a 
significant risk of committing, or support acts of terrorism. The 
President identified in the Annex to the Order, as amended by Executive 
Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 individuals and 16 entities as subject 
to the economic sanctions. The Order was further amended by Executive 
Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the creation of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in or hereafter come within 
the United States or the possession or control of United States 
persons, of: (1) Foreign persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 
foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to have committed, or to 
pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten 
the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign 
policy, or economy of the United States; (3) persons determined by the 
Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State, 
Homeland Security and Justice, to be owned or controlled by, or to act 
for or on behalf

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of those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons 
determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the 
Order; and (4) except as provided in section 5 of the Order and after 
such consultation, if any, with foreign authorities as the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney 
General, deems appropriate in the exercise of his discretion, persons 
determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the 
Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to assist in, 
sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, 
or financial or other services to or in support of, such acts of 
terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or 
determined to be subject to the Order or to be otherwise associated 
with those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons 
determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the 
Order.
    On Thursday, November 15, 2007, the Director of OFAC, in 
consultation with the Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice 
and other relevant agencies, designated, pursuant to one or more of the 
criteria set forth in subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the Order, one 
entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13224.
    The designee is as follows:
    TAMILS REHABILITATION ORGANISATION (a.k.a. ORGANISATION DE 
REHABILITATION TAMOULE; a.k.a. ORGANISATION PRE LA REHABILITATION 
TAMIL; a.k.a. ORGANIZZAZIONE PER LA RIABILITAZIONE DEI TAMIL; a.k.a. 
ORT FRANCE; a.k.a. TAMIL REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. TAMIL 
REHABILITERINGS ORGANISASJONEN; a.k.a. TAMILISCHE REHABILITATION 
ORGANISATION; a.k.a. TAMILS REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. TAMILSK 
REHABILITERINGS ORGANISASJON; a.k.a. TRO; a.k.a. TRO DANMARK; a.k.a. 
TRO ITALIA; a.k.a. TRO NORGE; a.k.a. TRO SCHWEIZ; a.k.a. TSUNAMI RELIEF 
FUND--COLOMBO, SRI LANKA; a.k.a. WHITE PIGEON; a.k.a. WHITEPIGEON), 
2390 Eglington Avenue East, Suite 203A, Toronto, Ontario M1K 2P5, 
Canada; 26 Rue du Departement, Paris 75018, France; Via Dante 210, 
Palermo 90141, Italy; Address Unknown, Belgium; Langelinie 2A, St, TV 
1079, Vejile 7100, Denmark; P.O. Box 82, Herning 7400, Denmark; P.O. 
Box 212, Vejle 7100, Denmark; Address Unknown, Finland; Postfach 2018, 
Emmenbrucke 6021, Switzerland; Tribschenstri, 51, Lucerne 6005, 
Switzerland; 8 Gemini--CRT, Wheelers Hill 3150, Australia; Box 4254, 
Knox City, VIC 3152, Australia; Voelklinger Str. 8, Wuppertal 42285, 
Germany; Gruttolaan 45, BM landgraaf 6373, Netherlands; M.G.R. Lemmens, 
str-09, BM Landgraff 6373, Netherlands; Warburgstr. 15, Wupprtal 42285, 
Germany; P.O. Box 4742, Sofienberg, Oslo 0506, Norway; Box 44, Tumba 
147 21, Sweden; 356 Barkers Road, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia; 
P.O. Box 10267, Dominion Road, Aukland, New Zealand; 371 Dominion Road, 
Mt. Eden, Aukland, New Zealand; Address Unknown, Durban, South Africa; 
No. 6 Jalan 6/2, Petaling Jaya 46000, Malaysia; 517 Old Town Road, 
Cumberland, MD 21502; 1079 Garratt Lane, London SW17 0LN, United 
Kingdom; 410/112 Buller Street, Buddhaloga Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri 
Lanka; Kandasamy Koviladi, Kandy Road (A9 Road), Kilinochchi, Sri 
Lanka; 254 Jaffna Road, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka; Ananthapuram, 
Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka; 410/412 Bullers Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka; 75/
4 Barnes Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka; No. 9 Main Street, Mannar, Sri 
Lanka; No. 69 Kalikovil Road, Kurumankadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka; 9/1 
Saradha Street, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; Arasaditivu Kokkadicholai, 
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka; Ragama Road, Akkaraipattu-07, Amparai, Sri 
Lanka; Paranthan Road, Kaiveli Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu, Sri 
Lanka; Address Unknown, Vaharai, Sri Lanka; Registration ID 50706 (Sri 
Lanka); alt. Registration ID 6205 (Australia); alt. Registration ID 
1107434 (United Kingdom); alt. Registration ID D4025482 (United 
States); alt. Registration ID 802401-0962 (Sweden); Tax ID No. 52-
1943868 (United States).

    Dated: November 14, 2007.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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