Myanmar: US Eases Sanctions on Nonprofit Work

AP reports that the U.S. Treasury Department has eased restrictions on financial transactions in support of groups working in areas such as democracy-building, health and education, sport and religious activities.  This step is part of a larger lifting of sanctions by Western nations in light of recent elections that say sweeping opposition party victories in that country.  A Reuters report quoted a senior Treasury Department official as stating “[w]e are taking this step today to support a broader range of not-for-profit activity in Burma by private U.S. organizations and individuals to promote increased cooperation between the Burmese and the American people.”  The actual language of the eased restrictions can be found in Office of Foriegn Assets Control General LIcense No. 14-C relating to Burma.

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