{"id":9595,"date":"2022-04-20T18:30:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T22:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/?p=9595"},"modified":"2022-04-20T18:30:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T22:30:38","slug":"treasury-issues-general-license-to-protect-ngo-activities-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/news\/treasury-issues-general-license-to-protect-ngo-activities-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasury Issues General License to Protect NGO Activities in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On April 19, 2022, Treasury issued <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/126\/russia_gl27.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia-related General License (GL) 27<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, authorizing \u201cCertain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations&#8217; Activities.\u201d Alongside this, Treasury issued an accompanying <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA0MTkuNTY2NTkyOTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2hvbWUudHJlYXN1cnkuZ292L3N5c3RlbS9maWxlcy8xMjYvcnVzc2lhX2ZhY3Rfc2hlZXRfMjAyMjA0MTkucGRmIn0.tUc6DCk4WfN28RN5OUSPZ-1NNIV-k53CLMe5CqyFN0o\/s\/1505886698\/br\/130043912142-l\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fact Sheet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on \u201cPreserving Agricultural Trade, Access to Communication, and Other Support to Those Impacted by Russia&#8217;s War Against Ukraine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia-related GL 27 authorizes \u201call transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the activities described in paragraph (b) by nongovernmental organizations that are prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR)&#8230; provided that the only involvement of blocked persons is the processing of funds by financial institutions blocked pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The specific activities authorized in paragraph (b) include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humanitarian activities in Ukraine and Russia \u201cincluding drought and flood relief; food, nutrition, and medicine distribution; the provision of health services; assistance for vulnerable or displaced populations, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly; and environmental programs;\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democracy building activities in Ukraine and Russia \u201cincluding activities to support rule of law, citizen participation, government accountability and transparency, human rights and fundamental freedoms, access to information, and civil society development projects;\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education activities in Ukraine and Russia \u201cincluding combating illiteracy, increasing access to education, international exchanges, and assisting education reform projects;\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-commercial development activities \u201cdirectly benefiting the people of Ukraine or the Russian Federation, including those related to health, food security, and water and sanitation; and\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental and natural resource protection activities in Ukraine and Russia \u201cincluding the preservation and protection of threatened or endangered species, responsible and transparent management of natural resources, and the remediation of pollution or other environmental damage.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The accompanying <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA0MTkuNTY2NTkyOTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2hvbWUudHJlYXN1cnkuZ292L3N5c3RlbS9maWxlcy8xMjYvcnVzc2lhX2ZhY3Rfc2hlZXRfMjAyMjA0MTkucGRmIn0.tUc6DCk4WfN28RN5OUSPZ-1NNIV-k53CLMe5CqyFN0o\/s\/1505886698\/br\/130043912142-l\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fact Sheet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers background on the U.S. imposition of sanctions on Russia and parts of Ukraine, and outlines steps taken by Treasury to protect the populations of Ukraine and Russia from the unintended consequences of these unprecedented sanctions. In addition to summarizing Russia-related GL 27, the fact sheet also summarizes a long list of other GLs, authorizations, and FAQs related to sanctions on Russia and parts of Ukraine. The Fact Sheet also states that \u201cAs Treasury receives additional feedback, OFAC will continue to evaluate the need for additional authorizations in support of people impacted by Russia\u2019s war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&amp;SN welcomes this GL and the accompanying Fact Sheet. It provides important enhancements for individuals and nongovernmental organizations attempting to operate under the sanctions regime targeting Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Treasury should be applauded for taking a broad approach to protecting NGO activities in Russia and Ukraine. Treasury could further improve its approach by issuing additional GLs to explicitly protect peacebuilding, conflict mitigation and atrocity prevention activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the Russia-Ukraine context is another case that illustrates the potential advantages of implementing a Global General License approach. A Global GL would protect all legitimate civil society activities in every sanctioned context. Such an approach would be more efficient for both the organizations operating in sanctioned areas, and for Treasury, as it would eliminate the need to draft and issue GLs each time new sanctions are issued. Further, it would enable OFAC to streamline their processes and circumvent their current method of \u201ccontinu[ing] to evaluate the need for additional authorizations in support of people impacted by\u2026 war\u201d on a case-by-case basis.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 19, 2022, Treasury issued Russia-related General License (GL) 27, authorizing \u201cCertain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations&#8217; Activities.\u201d Alongside this, Treasury issued an accompanying Fact Sheet on \u201cPreserving Agricultural Trade, Access to Communication, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,71,69,41,72],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Treasury Issues General License to Protect NGO Activities in Russia - Charity &amp; 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