[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57171-57172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22769]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8875]


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

Summary: The Secretary of State's 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 July 18, 2014, 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, Democratic People's 
Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, 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 restriction on exports to China of 
crime control and detection instruments and equipment, under the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-
246), pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act;
    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 travel restrictions based on serious 
human rights abuses under section 221(a)(1)(C) of the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, 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 as required in the ``important national 
interest of

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the United States,'' 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 7042(j) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2014 (Div. K, Pub. L. 113-76), 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;
    For Turkmenistan, a waiver as required in the ``important national 
interest of the United States,'' pursuant to section 407 of the Act; 
and
    For Uzbekistan, a waiver as required in the ``important national 
interest of the United States,'' pursuant to section 407 of the Act.

    Dated: September 16, 2014.
Kari Johnstone,
Office Director, Office of International Religious Freedom, Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-22769 Filed 9-23-14; 8:45 am]
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