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In general terms, the Order provides a means by which to disrupt the financial support network for terrorists and terrorist organizations by authorizing the U.S. Department of State, in consultation with the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and Justice, to designate and block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism.
The main regulatory framework underlying the SDGT designation was established two weeks after the September 11 attacks in 2001 [1] by U.S. President George W. Bush. [2] One of the first organisations to which Executive Order 13224 was applied was the Palestinian-American charity the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. Its offices ...
The Department of State, along with the United States Department of the Treasury, also has the authority to designate individuals and entities as subject to counter-terrorism sanctions according to Executive Order 13224. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) maintains a separate list of such individuals and entities. [1] [2]
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The Executive Order was issued under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the National Emergencies Act, and other relevant US laws. In Executive Order No. 13224 the US government imposed financial sanctions on individuals and entities to combat the financing of terrorism. [46]
Azza Air Transport, former Cargo airline, in the SDN List. The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers).
Amended on July 2, 2002 (Executive Order 13268) [70] to include the Taliban, and on January 23, 2003 (Executive Order 13284) [71] to integrate the newly-created position of Secretary of Homeland Security into the order's process. Ended March 6, 2003 [72] March 4, 2024 [73] Executive Order 13288 [72]
Amending Executive Order 13597 [n] June 21, 2017 June 26, 2017 82 FR 28747 2017-13458 [109] [110] 39 13803: Revival of the National Space Council [o] June 30, 2017 July 7, 2017 82 FR 31429 2017-14378 [111] [112] 14056 [113] 40 13804: Allowing Additional Time for Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Amending Executive ...