3 January 2006

Dear Sir / Madam

United Nations Sanctions (Liberia) Regulation 2005 and List of names for suspicious account reporting

I am writing to inform you of the latest developments in the following areas:

United Nations Sanctions (Liberia) Regulation 2005

Under section 39 of the United Nations Sanctions (Liberia) Regulation 2005 ("the Regulation"), an updated list of the "relevant persons and entities" has been specified for the purposes of paragraph 1 of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1532.  The Regulation and the list of the relevant persons and entities were published in the Gazette (G.N. 6520) on 16 December 2005. 

List of names for suspicious account reporting – US Executive Order and Government Gazette

The US Government has recently added one individual to the list issued under the US Executive Order 13224.  The relevant information can be found on the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury (http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/terrorism.html) under the heading of "Name of individual designated on 19 December 2005".

Meanwhile, an updated list of terrorists and terrorist associates designated by the United Nations Security Council Committee was also published in the Gazette (G.N. 6519) on 16 December 2005 under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance.  Compared with the list attached to my previous letter of 14 December 2005, the names of the following eleven individuals associated with the Al-Qaida organisation have been added to List C:

List C

The list of relevant persons and entities and the list of terrorists and terrorist associates lately published in the Gazette are available on the Government's website (http://www.info.gov.hk/eindex.htm).  Copies of the lists in MS Word format are also attached to facilitate update of your electronic database.

You are reminded to check the names contained in the above-mentioned lists against your records and report any transactions or relationships you have or have had with the named individuals or entities to the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit and the HKMA.  You are also reminded to browse the above websites regularly for the latest information.

Yours faithfully,　

William A. Ryback
Deputy Chief Executive