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§542.513 Official activities of certain international organizations authorized.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, all transactions and activities otherwise prohibited by this part that are for the conduct of the official business of the United Nations, its Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, and Related Organizations by employees, contractors, or grantees thereof are authorized.
Note 1 to paragraph (a) of §542.513: See the United Nations System Organizational Chart at http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/structure/pdfs/un-system-chart-color-sm.pdf for a listing of Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, and Related Organizations of the United Nations.
(b) Contractors or grantees conducting transactions authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section must provide a copy of their contract or grant with the United Nations, or its Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, and Related Organizations to any U.S. person before the U.S. person engages in or facilitates any transaction or activity prohibited by this part. If the contract...
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1) Compare with more detailed analogue in the ITSR and more narrow SySR GL for NGO activities (542.516). The illustrative list of transactions permitted in 560.539 presumably informs the scope of this GL. See general discussion of the “official business” licenses at General Note on Exemptions and General Licenses for the “Official Business” of the U.S. Government (and/or United Nations) and Employees, Contractors, or Grantees Thereof.
2) Be wary of the relatively limited scope for license exemptions in the EAR in connection with non-U.S. government travel to Syria, even when in connection with UN and UN-related missions. Generally speaking, the scope of the Syrian embargo is far stricter...