News Release
Financial Sanctions: Sudan
14 August 2007
This news release is issued in respect of the financial measures taken against Sudan.
The Bank of England, as agent for Her Majesty’s Treasury, issues this news release to advise that on 7 August 2007 the United Nations Sanctions Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1591 (2005) approved amendments to two existing entries on the list of individuals subject to the assets freeze imposed by subparagraph 3(e) of Resolution 1591 (2005). The individuals whose identifying information has been amended continue, along with all other individuals designated by the Committee established under Resolution 1591 (2005) or listed in paragraph 1 of Resolution 1672 (2006), to fall within the UK financial sanctions regime under the Sudan (United Nations Measures) Order 2006. The amendments made by the United Nations Sanctions Committee are set out in the Annex to this News Release.
The additional information will be added to the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets which is maintained on the Bank’s website.
Financial institutions and other persons are required to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold any funds for the individuals named in the Annex. If so, they should freeze the accounts and report the accounts or other funds and amounts frozen to the Bank of England.
Previous Notices and news releases related to Sudan and a consolidated list of individuals and entities subject to these and other UK financial sanctions regimes are available from the Financial Sanctions pages of the Bank of England’s website.Key Resources
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