Arms Embargo - List of Current Arms Embargoes

List of Current Arms Embargoes

The countries included in the list are under arms embargo of the United Nations or another international organization (EU, OSCE and others) or country. In some cases the arms embargo is supplemented by general trade embargo, other sanctions (financial) or travel ban for specific persons. In some cases the arms embargo applies to any entitiy residing or established in the country, but in others it is partial - the recognized government forces and international peacekeepers are exempted from the embargo.

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  • Armenia and Azerbaijan (by OSCE), 1992-
  • Myanmar (by EU), 1990-
  • People's Republic of China (by EU/US), 1989-
  • DR Congo (by UN, EU), 2003/1993- (UN/EU)
  • Ivory Coast (by UN, EU), 2004-
  • Eritrea (by UN, EU), 2010-
  • Guinea (by EU), 2009-
  • Iran (by UN, EU), 2006-
  • Iraq (by UN, EU), 1990-
  • North Korea (by UN, EU), arms and luxury goods, 2006-
  • Hezbollah (by UN, EU), 2006-
  • Sierra Leone (by UN, EU), 1997-
  • Somalia (by UN, EU), 1992/2002- (UN/EU)
  • Sudan (by UN, EU), 2004/1994- (UN/EU)
  • Syria (by EU), 2011-
  • Uzbekistan (by EU), 2005-
  • Zimbabwe (by EU), 2002-
  • Libya (by United Nations Security Council), 2011

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