[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66051-66052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25993]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10943]


Consideration of Buhary Seyed Abu (BSA) Tahir's Request To 
Terminate Sanctions Imposed Under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention 
Act and the Export-Import Bank Act for His Role in the A.Q. Khan 
Nuclear Network

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On January 12, 2009, the Department of State imposed sanctions 
under various authorities on members of the A.Q. Khan nuclear 
procurement network including, BSA Tahir, a Sri Lankan national and key 
middleman

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involved in the network. This resulted in Tahir's addition to the 
Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) 
List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List). 
Tahir was also sanctioned by the State Department under the Nuclear 
Nonproliferation Prevention Act and the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. 
Today, a determination has been made to terminate the measures imposed 
on Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir.

DATES: Applicable Date is December 2, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachael Jagielski, Office of 
Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and 
Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel: 202-
647-7594.

Gonzalo O. Suarez,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and Non-
Proliferation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-25993 Filed 11-29-19; 8:45 am]
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