22 U.S.C. § 287c
§ 287c. Economic and communication sanctions pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution
(a) Enforcement measures; importation of Rhodesian chromium Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, whenever the United States is called upon by the Security Council to apply measures which said Council has decided, pursuant to article 41 of said Charter, are to be employed to give effect to its decisions under said Charter, the President may, to the extent necessary to apply such measures, through any agency which he may designate, and under such orders, rules, and regulations as may be prescribed by him, investigate, regulate, or prohibit, in whole or in part, economic relations or rail, sea, air, postal, telegraphic, radio, and other means of communication between any foreign country or any national thereof or any person therein and the United States or any person subject to the...
1) When Executive Orders imposing sanctions relate to one or more UN Security Council resolutions, the EO will cite, in addition to IEEPA, this statute as the basis for the authority for the sanctions. UNPA contains none of the exemptions that IEEPA contains for personal communications, informational materials, donations or travel. Accordingly, OFAC has generally interpreted sanctions EOs relying in part on UNPA for their authority as not exempting the sort of transactions exempt from prohibitions based solely IEEPA, at least insofar as the basis for a given transaction being prohibited can be traced to the authority of UNPA. For more on the applicability, or lack of applicability, of IEEPA exemptions with respect to sanctions programs based in part on UNPA, refer to General...