[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27973-27974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11149]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 
Pursuant to Executive Order 13288, as Amended by Executive Order 13391

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 nine individuals whose property 
and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, ``Blocking Property of Persons 
Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe,'' as 
amended by Executive Order 13391 of November 22, 2005, ``Blocking 
Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or 
Institutions in Zimbabwe.''

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') of the nine individuals 
identified in this notice is effective as of April 17, 2014.

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.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On March 6, 2003, the President, invoking the authority of, inter 
alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
06) (``IEEPA'') issued Executive Order 13288 (68 FR 11457, March 10, 
2003). In Executive Order 13288, the President declared a national 
emergency to deal with the threat posed by the actions and policies of 
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to 
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions, contributing 
to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to 
politically motivated violence and intimidation in that country, and to 
political and economic instability in the southern African region. The 
Annex to Executive Order 13288 included 77 individuals, including two 
of the nine individuals identified in this notice, which resulted in 
the blocking of all property and interests in property of these 
individuals that was or thereafter came within the United States or the 
possession or control of U.S. persons. Executive Order 13288 also 
authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, to designate additional persons determined to meet 
the criteria set forth in Executive Order 13288.
    On November 22, 2005, in order to take additional steps with 
respect to the continued actions and policies of certain persons who 
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes and with respect to the 
national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 13288, the 
President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, IEEPA, issued 
Executive Order 13391 (70 FR 71201, November 25, 2005). Executive Order 
13391 amends Executive Order 13288 and provides that the Annex to 
Executive Order 13288 is replaced and superseded in its entirety by the 
Annex to Executive Order 13391, containing the names of 128 individuals 
and 33 entities, including the eight of the nine individuals identified 
in this notice. Executive Order 13288, as amended by Executive Order 
13391, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, to block the property and interests in property 
of additional categories of persons beyond the category set forth in 
Executive Order 13288 prior to its amendment.
    Executive Order 13288, as amended by Executive Order 13991, also 
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, to determine that circumstances no longer warrant 
the inclusion of a person in the Annex to Executive Order 13288, as 
replaced and superseded by the Annex to Executive Order 13991, and to 
unblock any property and interests in property that had been blocked as 
a result of the person's inclusion in the Annex.
    On April 17, 2014, the Acting Director of OFAC, in consultation 
with the State Department, determined that circumstances no longer 
warrant the inclusion of the individuals identified below in the Annex 
to E.O. 13288, as replaced and superseded by the Annex to E.O. 13391, 
and, accordingly, unblocked their property and interests in property 
and removed them from the SDN List.

1. CHITEPO, Victoria; DOB 27 Mar 1928; Politburo (individual) 
[ZIMBABWE].
2. CHOMBO, Marian, 45 Basset Crescent, Alexandra Park, Zimbabwe; DOB 
11 Aug 1960; Passport AD000896 (Zimbabwe); Spouse of Ignatius Chombo 
(individual) [ZIMBABWE].
3. KANGAI, Kumbirai; DOB 17 Feb 1938; Politburo Deputy Secretary for 
External Relations (individual) [ZIMBABWE].
4. MANGWANA, Munyaradzi Paul, Box 360, Kadoma, Zimbabwe; No. 1, 5th 
Avenue, Westview, Kadoma, Zimbabwe; DOB 10 Aug 1961; Passport 
AD000459 (Zimbabwe); Minister of State for Anti-Corruption and Anti-
Monopolies (individual) [ZIMBABWE].
5. MSIPA, Sharlottie; DOB 06 May 1936; Passport ZL008055 (Zimbabwe); 
Spouse of Cephas Msipa (individual) [ZIMBABWE].
6. NKOMO, John Landa, 59 Muchbimding Road, Worringham, Bulawayo, 
Zimbabwe; DOB 22 Aug 1934; Passport AD000477 (Zimbabwe); Speaker of 
Parliament & ZANU-PF National Chairman (individual) [ZIMBABWE].
7. NYONI, Peter Baka; DOB 10 Jan 1950; Passport ZD002188 (Zimbabwe); 
Spouse of Sithembiso Nyoni (individual) [ZIMBABWE].
8. NYONI, Sithembiso; DOB 20 Sep 1949; Passport AD000223 (Zimbabwe); 
Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development (individual) 
[ZIMBABWE].
9. SHUMBA, Isaiah Masvayamwanda; DOB 03 Jan 1949; Deputy Minister of 
Education, Sports and Culture (individual) [ZIMBABWE].

    Dated: May 8, 2014.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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