[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 46 (Thursday, March 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13959-13960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04915]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11368]


In the Matter of the Designation of Islamic State of Iraq and 
Syria--Democratic Republic of the Congo (and Other Aliases) as a 
Foreign Terrorist Organization

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this 
matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, I conclude that there is a sufficient factual basis to 
find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the 
Immigration and

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Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter ``INA'') (8 U.S.C. 1189), 
exist with respect to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria--Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, also known as ISIS-DRC, also known as Allied 
Democratic Forces, also known as Madina at Tauheed Wau Mujahedeen, also 
known as City of Monotheism and Holy Warriors, also known as Islamic 
State Central Africa Province, also known as Wilayat Central Africa, 
also known as Wilayah Central Africa, also known as Wilayah Central 
Africa Media Office, also known as Wilayat Wasat Ifriqiyah, also known 
as ISIS-Central Africa.
    Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organization and 
its aliases as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 
of the INA.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1189.

    Dated: March 1, 2021.
Antony J. Blinken,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-04915 Filed 3-10-21; 8:45 am]
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