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2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of

October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby

determine that the objects to be

included in the exhibition ‘‘Spirit of an

Age: Nineteenth Century Paintings from

the Nationalgalerie, Berlin,’’ imported

from abroad for the temporary

exhibition without profit within the

United States, are of cultural

significance. The objects are imported

pursuant to a loan agreement with the

foreign lender. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the exhibit

objects at the National Gallery of Art,

Washington, DC, from on or about June

10, 2001 to on or about September 3,

2001, is in the national interest. Public

Notice of these Determinations is

ordered to be published in the Federal

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

the exhibit objects, contact Carol

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State

(telephone: 202/619–6981). The address

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301

4th Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington,

D.C. 20547-0001.

Dated: April 20, 2001.

Helena Kane Finn,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

and Cultural Affairs, United States

Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3658]

Notice of Proposal To Extend

Memorandum of Understanding With

Peru

ACTION: Notice.

Pursuant to the authority vested in me

under Department of State Delegation of

Authority No. 236–2, as amended, and

pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), I

hereby propose extension of the

Memorandum of Understanding

between the Government of the United

States of America and the Government

of Peru Concerning the Imposition of

Import Restrictions on Archaeological

Material from the Prehispanic Cultures

and Certain Ethnological Material from

the Colonial Period of Peru, signed June

9, 1997. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C.

2602(f)(2), the views and

recommendations of the Cultural

Property Advisory Committee regarding

this proposal will be requested.

A copy of this Memorandum of

Understanding, the designated list of

restricted categories of material, and

related information can be found at the

following web site: http://

exchanges.state.gov/education/culprop.

Dated: May 2, 2001.

Helena Kane Finn,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of

State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3657]

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs;

Denial Policy of Munitions Export

Licenses to Afghanistan

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that all

licenses and other approvals to export

or otherwise transfer defense articles or

defense services to the territory of

Afghanistan under Taliban control will

continue to be denied pursuant to

section 38 of the Arms Export Control

Act (AECA) and in accordance with

section 5 of the UN Participation Act

(UNPA) and E.O. 12918 and the long

standing policy of the United States to

deny exports of all defense articles and

defense services to Afghanistan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Sweeney, Munitions Control

Analyst, Office of Defense Trade

Controls, Bureau of Political-Military

Affairs, Department of State (202) 633–

2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

has had a policy of denial in place for

licenses and other approvals for

exports/transfers of defense articles and

services to Afghanistan, which is listed

in Section 126.1 (see 61 FR 33313).

However, a new U.N. Security Council

Resolution (UNSCR) mandates an arms

embargo against the territory of

Afghanistan under Taliban control. This

notice hereby informs the public of the

U.S. implementation of these

prohibitions through this notice,

including the continuation of the policy

of denial for this territory.

Areas of Afghanistan under control of

the Taliban are being used for sheltering

and training of terrorists and planning

terrorist acts. Also, the Taliban provides

a safehaven for Usama bin Laden.

Because of these activities, the United

Nations Security Council adopted

Resolution 1333 (December 19, 2000).

This resolution requires that all States

prevent the direct or indirect supply,

sale and transfer to the territory of

Afghanistan under Taliban control, by

their nationals or from their territories,

or using flag vessels or aircraft, of arms

and related material of all types,

including weapons and ammunition,

military vehicles and equipment,

paramilitary equipment and spare parts

of the aforementioned. Also, the

resolution requires States to prevent the

direct or indirect sale, supply and

transfer to the territory of Afghanistan

under Taliban control by their nationals

or from their territories of technical

advice, assistance, or training related to

the military activities of the armed

personnel under control of the Taliban.

The UN arms embargo has limited

exceptions for non-lethal military

equipment intended solely for

humanitarian or protective use if

approved in advance by an established

Committee of the Security Council.

In accordance with 22 CFR 126.1, the

U.S. Government will continue its

policy to deny all applications for

licenses and other approvals to export

or otherwise transfer defense articles

and services to Afghanistan, including

the territory of Afghanistan under

Taliban control. This action also

continues to preclude the use in

connection with this territory of any

exemptions from licensing or other

approval (e.g. brokering) requirements

available under the International Traffic

in Arms Regulations.

Under the terms of UNSCR 1333, the

U.N. arms embargo of the territory of

Afghanistan under Taliban control will

expire on December 19, 2001 unless it

is extended by the U.S. Security

Council. However, the measures

specified in this notice and the policy

of denial for Afghanistan will remain in

effect until a subsequent notice is

published in the Federal Register.

This action has been taken pursuant

to Section 38 of the AECA (22 U.S.C.

2778) and § 126.7 of the International

Traffic in Arms Regulations in

furtherance of the foreign policy of the

United States, and in accordance with

Section 5 of the UNPA (22 U.S.C.

287(c)) and E.O. 12918.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Gregory M. Suchan,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of

Political-Military Affairs, Department of

State.

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