99-28749. Office of International Religious Freedom Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Designation of Countries of Particular Concern Under The International Religious Freedom Act

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3153]


Office of International Religious Freedom Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights and Labor; Designation of Countries of Particular Concern 
Under The International Religious Freedom Act

    Pursuant to section 408(a) of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State, under 
authority delegated by the President, has designated the following 
countries as ``countries of particular concern'' under section 402(b) 
of the Act for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe 
violations of religious freedom: Burma, China, Iran, Iraq, Sudan.

    Dated: October 27, 1999.
Robert A. Seiple,
Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 99-28749 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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