[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79444-79445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31810]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated National and Blocked Person 
Pursuant To Executive Order 13348

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual whose 
property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, ``Blocking Property of Certain 
Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of Certain Goods from 
Liberia.''

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons by the Secretary of the Treasury of the 
individual identified in this notice whose property and interests in 
property were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 
2004, is effective December 14, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Treasury Annex), 
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    Information about this document and additional information 
concerning

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OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or 
via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-
0077.

Background

    On July 22, 2004, President Bush issued Executive Order 13348 
(``the order'' or ``EO 13348''), finding that the actions and policies 
of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in 
particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their 
removal from Liberia, and secreting of Liberian funds and property, 
undermined Liberia's transition to democracy, the orderly development 
of Liberia's political, administrative, and economic institutions and 
resources, and fueled and exacerbated other conflicts throughout West 
Africa. The President found that the actions, policies, and 
circumstances described above constituted an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the foreign policy of the United States and declared a 
national emergency to deal with that threat.
    The order included 28 persons in the Annex, which resulted in the 
blocking of all property or interests in property of these persons that 
was or thereafter came within the United States or the possession or 
control of U.S. persons. The order authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate 
additional persons or entities determined to meet certain criteria set 
forth in EO 13348.
    The order also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to determine that 
circumstances no longer warrant the inclusion of a person in the Annex 
to EO 13348 and to unblock any property or interests in property that 
had been blocked as a result of the person's inclusion in the Annex.
    On December 14, 2010, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with 
the State Department, determined that circumstances no longer warrant 
the inclusion of the individual listed below in the Annex to EO 13448 
and that the property and interests in property of the individual 
listed below are therefore no longer blocked pursuant to section 1(a) 
of EO 13448, and accordingly removed him from the list of Specially 
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.

CISSE, M. Moussa (a.k.a. KAMARA, Mamadee); DOB 24 Dec 1946; alt DOB 26 
Jan 1944; Passport D-001548-99 (Liberia); alt. Passport 0058070 
(Liberia); Former Chief of Presidential Protocol; Chairman, Mohammed 
Group of Companies; Diplomatic (individual) [LIBERIA]

    Dated: December 14, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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