Pursuant to section 43 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2018 (No.27 of 2018) as amended by the Anti- Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 29 of 2019) and section 3 of the International Obligations (Economic and Ancillary Measures) Act, Chapter 16 (“IOEAMA”) as amended by section 3A of the International Obligations (Economic and Ancillary Measures) (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 27 of 2019), the National Identified Risk Framework Coordinator (“NIRFC”) has requested that the Registrar General of The Bahamas circulate the following Notice:

On 1 December 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the removal of the individual, and entities, as specified in the United Nations press release, from its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the assets freeze set out by paragraphs 19 and 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. The United Nations press release can also be found at the following web address:

https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sc14368.doc.htm

Non Profit Organisations (“NPOs”) and all legal entities are required to take the following steps:

1. conduct immediate searches of their database and register of beneficial owners to determine whether there is any information in relation to the individuals or entities on the UN Security Council Sanctions List that are associated with the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
2. report any “Hits” to the Financial Intelligence Unit and National Identified Risk Framework Coordinator at the Office of the Attorney General immediately;
3. advise the Registrar General of findings of Nil reports; and
4. retain a copy of their “Hits” and Nil reports for record keeping purposes and evidence of reviews.

E. SALLYANN LOCKHART-PRATT
REGISTRAR GENERAL