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US – OFAC amends and reissues Somalia Sanctions Regulations, adds certain General Licenses

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On April 28, 2021, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule amending and reissuing the Somalia Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 551 (“Regulations”) to further implement two existing Executive Orders, Executive Order 13536 of April 2010 and Executive Order 13620 of July 2012, and to replace the prior Somalia Sanctions Regulations that were published in May 2010 in abbreviated form. The Regulations also add a number of definitions and provisions to bring the Regulations in line…

US – President extends national emergencies: Somalia, South Sudan

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On April 11, 2019, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of April 10, 2019 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia, which extends for an additional year the national emergency first declared in Executive Order (EO) 13536 (April 12, 2019) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia, and acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia,

US – State amends ITAR re: Tunisia, Eritrea, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and other changes

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On September 29, 2016, the Department of State published in the Federal Register an interim final rule [Public Notice: 9602] amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to designate Tunisia as a major non-NATO ally (MNNA); reorganize the content in several paragraphs to clarify the intent of the ITAR; update defense trade policy regarding Eritrea, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire to reflect resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC); update defense trade policy regarding Sri Lanka to reflect the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016; and update defense trade policy regarding Vietnam to reflect a determination made by the Secretary of State.

US – President continues national emergency with respect to Somalia

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  On April 6, 2016, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of April 4, 2016 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia, which continues for an additional year the national emergency, first declared on April 12, 2010 in Executive Order (EO) 13536 because of the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia, acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, which have…

US – President continues national emergency with respect to Somalia

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On April 10, 2015, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of April 8, 2015 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia, which continues for 1 year the national emergency originally declared in Executive Order (EO) 13536 of April 12, 2010 to deal with “the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence of violence…

US – President extends national emergency with respect to Somalia

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On April 9, 2014, the Federal Register published Notice of April 7, 2014 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia. The Notice continues for an additional year the national emergency originally declared in Executive Order 13536 of April 12, 2010, and subsequently extended and expanded, because the situation with respect to Somalia continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.