[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 66 (Thursday, April 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20687-20688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8240]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7839]


Secretary of State's Determination Under the International 
Religious Freedom Act of 1998

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State designation of ``countries of 
particular concern'' for religious freedom violations.
    Pursuant to Section 408(a) of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-292), as amended (the Act), notice is hereby 
given that, on August 18, 2011, the Secretary of State, under authority 
delegated by the President, has designated each of the following as a 
``country of particular concern'' (CPC) under section 402(b) of the 
Act, for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations 
of religious freedom: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi 
Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan.
    The Secretary simultaneously designated the following Presidential 
actions for these CPCs:
    For Burma, the existing ongoing arms embargo referenced in 22 CFR 
126.1(a), pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act;
    For China, the existing ongoing restrictions on exports to China of 
crime control and detection instruments and equipment, under Public Law 
101-246 and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1990 and 1991, 
pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act;

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    For Eritrea, the existing ongoing arms embargo referenced in 22 CFR 
126.1(a), pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act;
    For Iran, the existing ongoing restrictions on certain imports from 
and exports to Iran, in accordance with section 103(b) of the 
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 
2010 (Pub. L. 111-195), pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act;
    For North Korea, the existing ongoing restrictions to which North 
Korea is subject, pursuant to sections 402 and 409 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (the Jackson-Vanik Amendment), pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of 
the Act;
    For Saudi Arabia, a waiver to ``further the purposes of the Act,'' 
pursuant to section 407 of the Act;
    For Sudan, the restriction on making certain appropriated funds 
available for assistance to the Government of Sudan in the annual 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, currently set forth in section 7070(f) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Div. F, Pub. L. 111-117), as carried forward 
by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Div. B, Pub. L. 
112-10) and any provision of law that is the same or substantially the 
same as this provision, pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; and
    For Uzbekistan, a waiver to ``further the purposes of the Act,'' 
pursuant to section 407 of the Act.

    Dated: March 30, 2012.
Victoria Alvarado,
Office Director, Office of International Religious Freedom, Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-8240 Filed 4-4-12; 8:45 am]
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