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US President Jimmy Carter imposed an arms embargo on the military government of Argentina in 1977 in response to human rights abuses. [2]An arms embargo was put in place, along with other economic sanctions by the European Economic Community (EEC), within a week of the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic. [3]
The embargo was amended to allow arms supplies to Somali Government Forces in February 2007. [ 1 ] On 15 November 2019 the Security Council renewed the mandate until 15 December 2020, while also extending exemptions for the arms embargo and enforcement authorizations for the ban on illicit trade.
United Nations Security Council resolution 1298, adopted unanimously on 17 May 2000, after reaffirming resolutions 1177 (1998), 1226 (1999), 1227 (1999) and 1297 (2000) on the situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the Council condemned continuing hostilities and imposed an arms embargo on both countries.
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday formally ended an arms embargo on the Central African Republic, a largely symbolic move but one that was welcomed by the country’s government as a sign of ...
Somalia's government had long asked for the arms embargo to be removed so it could beef up its forces to take on the militants. The Security Council began to partially start lifting measures ...
On 20 September 2020, Britain, France, and Germany claimed that all UN sanctions relief on Iran would be terminated. "We have worked tirelessly to preserve the nuclear agreement and remain committed to doing so." [38] United States. The U.S. tried to impose sanctions on any countries that contravened the UN arms embargo on Iran. [34]
In just over a year and a half, 13 million people have been displaced from their homes. ... and often into Darfur, in breach of a long-standing United Nations arms embargo on ... Amnesty has ...
The United States sanctions against Iran were imposed in November 1979 after radical students seized the American Embassy in Tehran and took hostages.The sanctions were imposed by Executive Order 12170, which included freezing about $8.1 billion in Iranian assets, including bank deposits, gold and other properties, and a trade embargo.