[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-525]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation Pursuant to Executive Order 13396 of February 7, 
2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the 
Conflict in C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire''

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 name of five individuals whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13396 
of February 7, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons 
Contributing to the Conflict in C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire'' (the ``Order'').

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the five individuals 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13396, is 
effective on January 6, 2010.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

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

Background

    On February 7, 2006, the President issued Executive Order 13396 
pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). In the Order, the President determined 
that the situation in or in relation to C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire constitutes 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States and declared a national emergency 
to deal with that threat. The President identified three individuals as 
subject to the economic sanctions in the Annex to the Order.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in, or hereafter come 
within, the United States or within the possession or control of United 
States persons, of the persons listed in the Annex to the Order, as 
well as those persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
after consultation with the Secretary of State, to satisfy any of the 
criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A)-(a)(ii)(F) of Section 1.
    On January 6, 2010, the Director of OFAC, after consultation with 
the Department of State, designated, pursuant to one or more of the 
criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A)-(a)(ii)(F) of Section 1 
of the Order, the following individuals whose property and interests in 
the property are blocked pursuant to the Order:
    1. GBAGBO, Laurent (a.k.a. GBAGBO, Laurent Koudou), Abidjan, Cote d 
Ivoire; DOB 31 May 1945; POB Gagnoa, Cote d Ivoire (individual) [COTED]
    2. GBAGBO, Simone (a.k.a. GBAGBO, Simone Ehivet), Abidjan, Cote d 
Ivoire; DOB 20 Jun 1949; POB Moossou, Grand-Bassam, Cote d Ivoire 
(individual) [COTED]
    3. TAGRO, Desire (a.k.a. TAGRO, Assegnini Desire); DOB 27 Jan 1959; 
POB Issia, Cote d Ivoire (individual) [COTED]
    4. N'GUESSAN, Pascal Affi (a.k.a. NGUESSAN, Affi); DOB 1953; POB 
Bongouanou, Cote d Ivoire (individual) [COTED]
    5. DJEDJE, Alcide Ilahiri (a.k.a. DJEDJE, Ilahiri Alcide; a.k.a. 
ILAHIRI, Alcide Djedje), DOB 1956 (individual) [COTED]

    Dated: January 6, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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