[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77044-77045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31082]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Blocking of Specially Designated National Pursuant to Executive 
Order 13413

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 names of four individuals whose property 
and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons 
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the four individuals 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13413 of October 
27, 2006, is effective on December 2, 2010.

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) and via

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facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: (202) 622-
0077.

Background

    On October 27, 2006, the President signed Executive Order 13413 
(the ``Order'' or ``E.O. 13413'') pursuant to, inter alia, the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 
(IEEPA), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, as amended 
(22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code. In the Order, the President found that the situation in the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo constitutes an unusual and 
extraordinary threat and imposed sanctions to address it. The President 
identified seven individuals in the Annex to the Order as subject to 
these economic sanctions.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in, or thereafter come 
within, the United States, or within the possession or control of 
United States persons, of the persons identified by the President in 
the Annex to the Order, as well as those persons determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State, to meet any of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(i)-
(a)(ii)(G) of Section 1.
    On December 2, 2010, the Director of OFAC exercised the Secretary 
of the Treasury's authority to designate, pursuant to one or more of 
the criteria set forth in Section 1 of the Order, the individuals 
listed below, whose property and interests in property therefore are 
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413.
    The listing of the blocked individuals appears as follows:
    1. NSANZUBUKIRE, Felicien (a.k.a. IRAKEZA, Fred); DOB 1967; POB 
Murama, Kinyinya, Rubungo, Kigali, Rwanda; nationality Rwanda; Lt. Col. 
(individual) [DRCONGO]
    2. ZIMURINDA, Innocent; DOB 1 Sep 1972; alt. DOB 1975; POB Ngungu, 
Masisi Territory, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the 
Congo; Lt. Col. (individual) [DRCONGO]
    3. IYAMUREMYE, Gaston (a.k.a. BYIRINGIRO, Michel; a.k.a. RUMULI; 
a.k.a. RUMULI, Byiringiro Victor; a.k.a. RUMULI, Michel; a.k.a. RUMURI, 
Victor), Kibua, North Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 
1948; POB Musanze District (Northern Province), Rwanda; alt. POB 
Nyakinama, Ruhengeri, Rwanda; FDLR President; FDLR 2nd Vice President; 
Brigadier General (individual) [DRCONGO]
    4. MUGARAGU, Leodomir (a.k.a. LEON, Manzi; a.k.a. MANZI, Leo), 
Katoyi, North Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 1954; alt. 
DOB 1953; POB Kigali, Rwanda; alt. POB Rushashi (Northern Province), 
Rwanda; FDLR/FOCA Chief of Staff; Brigadier General (individual) 
[DRCONGO]

    Dated: December 2, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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