The national emergency declared in Executive Order (E.O.) 14046 of September 17, 2021, "Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia," has expired.

Following the expiration of the national emergency declared in E.O. 14046, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed from the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List), persons designated pursuant to E.O. 14046 whose property had been blocked. In addition, OFAC has removed Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to this program from its website.

Separately, OFAC is issuing Russia-related General License 131J, "Authorizing Certain Transactions for the Negotiation of and Entry Into Contingent Contracts for the Sale of Lukoil International GmbH and Related Maintenance Activities." OFAC is also issuing two amended Russia-related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs 1224 and 1225).

Lastly, the following changes have been made to OFAC's SDN list.

Specially Designated Nationals List Updates

The following deletions have been made to OFAC's SDN List:

PEOPLE'S FRONT FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE, Eritrea; Organization Established Date 1993; Organization Type: Activities of political organizations [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

W KIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet (a.k.a. WELDEKIDANE, Hagos Ghebrehiwet; a.k.a. WOLDEKIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet), Asmara, Eritrea; DOB 25 Apr 1953; POB Senafe, Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; Gender Male; National ID No. 0882109 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

WOLDEKIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet (a.k.a. W KIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet; a.k.a. WELDEKIDANE, Hagos Ghebrehiwet), Asmara, Eritrea; DOB 25 Apr 1953; POB Senafe, Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; Gender Male; National ID No. 0882109 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

WELDEKIDANE, Hagos Ghebrehiwet (a.k.a. W KIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet; a.k.a. WOLDEKIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet), Asmara, Eritrea; DOB 25 Apr 1953; POB Senafe, Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; Gender Male; National ID No. 0882109 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

NEMARIAM, Abraha Kassa (a.k.a. KASSA, Abraha; a.k.a. KASSA, Wedi), Eritrea; DOB 15 Jul 1953; POB Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; Gender Male; Passport D000294 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

KASSA, Wedi (a.k.a. KASSA, Abraha; a.k.a. NEMARIAM, Abraha Kassa), Eritrea; DOB 15 Jul 1953; POB Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; Gender Male; Passport D000294 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

KASSA, Abraha (a.k.a. KASSA, Wedi; a.k.a. NEMARIAM, Abraha Kassa), Eritrea; DOB 15 Jul 1953; POB Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; Gender Male; Passport D000294 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

ERITREAN DEFENSE FORCES (a.k.a. ERITREAN DEFENSE FORCE), Eritrea; Organization Established Date 1993; Target Type Government Entity [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

ERITREAN DEFENSE FORCE (a.k.a. ERITREAN DEFENSE FORCES), Eritrea; Organization Established Date 1993; Target Type Government Entity [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

RED SEA TRADING CORPORATION, Felket Street, Asmara, Eritrea; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Organization Established Date 1984 [ETHIOPIA-EO14046]. 

HIDRI TRUST, Felket Street, Asmara, Eritrea; Organization Established Date 1994 [ETHIOPIA-EO14046].

Unrelated Administrative List Changes:

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