3004 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 2015 / Notices 

government and the financials of stateowned enterprises, and making public 

the criteria for all natural resource 

tenders. 

Uzbekistan: The budget process is not 

transparent, as budget discussions in the 

legislative branch are not open to the 

public. Only a general overview of the 

budget is publicly available; a 

breakdown of revenues and 

expenditures by ministry is not 

disclosed. Information on revenue from 

the extraction and sale of natural 

resources is not available to the public. 

While criteria for awarding natural 

resource contracts are publicly 

available, the process of awarding 

contracts in practice is not transparent. 

Uzbekistan’s fiscal transparency would 

be enhanced by making the budget 

publicly available. Uzbekistan’s fiscal 

transparency would be further enhanced 

by providing information on revenue 

from the extraction and sale of natural 

resources and ensuring the process of 

awarding contracts is transparent. 

Yemen: Yemen’s annual budget lacks 

sufficient information regarding 

allocations to and revenue from 

significant state-owned enterprises. The 

supreme audit institution does not 

publish its annual verifications that 

statements of revenues and 

expenditures meet internationally 

accepted accounting principles. 

Yemen’s fiscal transparency would be 

enhanced by providing sufficient detail 

in the section of the budget devoted to 

state-owned enterprises. Yemen’s fiscal 

transparency would be further enhanced 

if the supreme audit institution were to 

make such audits public each year. 

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s budget lacks 

transparency with regard to financial 

flows to and from significant stateowned enterprises and with regard to 

natural resource revenues, including 

mining contracts. Zimbabwe’s fiscal 

transparency would be enhanced by 

improving transparency in its budget 

management, including greater 

transparency on the country’s debts, and 

including a substantially complete 

picture of natural resource revenues in 

the budget. Zimbabwe’s fiscal 

transparency would be further enhanced 

by making public the criteria and 

process for awarding natural resource 

contracts and licenses and the basic 

terms of those contracts, such as to 

whom licenses have been awarded, 

which resources are covered, and the 

length of the contract or license. 

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Heather Higginbottom, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00792 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9009] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of 

the 1910s and 1920s’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as 

appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 

257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby 

determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Staging the 

Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 

1920s,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to a loan 

agreement with the foreign owner or 

custodian. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at The Ukrainian Museum, New 

York, NY, from on or about February 7, 

2015, until on or about September 13, 

2015, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

I have ordered that Public Notice of 

these Determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including lists of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00899 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9008] 

In the Matter of the Designation of 

‘Abdallah al-Ashqar Also Known as 

Abdallah al-Ashqar; Also Known as 

Abdullah al-Ashqar; Also Known as 

‘Abdallah al-‘Ashqar; Also Known as 

Abdullah Jihad al-Ashqar; Also Known 

as ‘Abdallah Jihad Musa al-Ashqar; 

Also Known as Abdullah Jihad al 

Ashqar; Also Known as Abu al 

Muhtasib al Maqdisi; Also Known as 

Muhandes al-Tawhid; Also Known as 

Muhandis al-Tawhid; Also Known as 

Abu al Muhtasib; Also Known as Abual-Muhtasib al-Maqdisi; Also Known as 

Abu-Hajir; Also Known as Abdallah 

Ashkar as a Specially Designated 

Global Terrorist Pursuant to Section 

1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as 

Amended 

Acting under the authority of and in 

accordance with section 1(b) of 

Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 

2001, as amended by Executive Order 

13268 of July 2, 2002, and Executive 

Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, I 

hereby determine that the individual 

known as ‘Abdallah al-Ashqar, also 

known as Abdallah al-Ashqar, also 

known as Abdullah al-Ashqar, also 

known as ‘Abdallah al-‘Ashqar, also 

known as Abdullah Jihad al-Ashqar, 

also known as ‘Abdallah Jihad Musa alAshqar, also known as Abdullah Jihad 

al Ashqar, also known as Abu al 

Muhtasib al Maqdisi, also known as 

Muhandes al-Tawhid, also known as 

Muhandis al-Tawhid, also known as 

Abu al Muhtasib, also known as Abu-alMuhtasib al-Maqdisi, also known as 

Abu-Hajir, also known as Abdallah 

Ashkar, committed, or poses a 

significant risk of committing, acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

U.S. nationals or the national security, 

foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States. 

Consistent with the determination in 

section 10 of Executive Order 13224 that 

‘‘prior notice to persons determined to 

be subject to the Order who might have 

a constitutional presence in the United 

States would render ineffectual the 

blocking and other measures authorized 

in the Order because of the ability to 

transfer funds instantaneously,’’ I 

determine that no prior notice needs to 

be provided to any person subject to this 

determination who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States, because to do so would render 

ineffectual the measures authorized in 

the Order. 

This notice shall be published in the 

Federal Register. 


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