Treasury Issues General License for Publishing Activities Involving Cuba, Iran and Sudan
On December 15, 2004, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule containing a general license clarifying the kinds of publishing activities permitted under the U.S. sanctions regimes imposed on Cuba, Iran and Sudan.
"Persons engaging in the activities authorized in the general licenses can do so without seeking permission from OFAC," said OFAC Director Robert Werner. "This rule provides clarity and promotes important policies aimed at the free exchange of ideas without undermining the national security objectives of these country sanctions."
"OFAC's previous guidance was interpreted by some as discouraging the publication of dissident speech from within these oppressive regimes. That is the opposite of what we want," said Stuart Levey, the Treasury's Under Secretary for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI). "This new policy will ensure those dissident voices and others will be heard without undermining our sanctions policy."
The rule, as published in the Federal Register, can be viewed at the following link: www.a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-27717.pdf
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