31. The Swiss government decided Thursday against blocking any assets that beleaguered Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko may have stashed in Swiss bank accounts. 32. The Swiss government announced Saturday that it is temporarily blocking all assets in Switzerland of Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko and his family. 33. The U.S. Treasury Department earlier blocked the assets of Benevolentia and the Global Relief Foundation, both of which have offices in the United States and Bosnia. 34. The U.S. government designated another six entities as suspected terrorist organizations and ordered their financial assets blocked. 35. U.S. banks are ordered to block any assets belonging to individuals and groups on the list. 36. Under the law, people designated drug kingpins by the president have their U.S. assets blocked. 37. We will implement U.N. sanctions to block terrorist assets. 38. While the United States can block assets found inside the country, it depends on other countries to act against targeted groups outside U.S. borders. 39. Yemen since has blocked the assets of Al-Nur and Al-Shifa. 40. The designation makes it illegal for supporters in the United States to provide them with material support and requires US financial institutions to block their assets. |