Sentences with phrase «arms embargo»

Arming Syrian rebels with weapons from Croatia — which wasn't set to join the European Union until July 1, 2013 — allowed Britain, in coordination with the US and Saudi Arabia, to circumvent the EU arms embargo on Syria, the paper noted.

Armenia hosts one of Russia's biggest foreign military bases, offsetting a longstanding OSCE arms embargo against it, yet during President Sargsyan's first term he also strengthened his country's ties with NATO and for the most part upheld international sanctions against neighboring Iran, despite the extensive opportunity costs to the Armenian economy.

«Rifkind calls for arms embargo to be lifted for Syrian rebels Main Hunt puts in strong performance, as Government wins vote of confidence.

Hague refused say whether the moves would lead to efforts to arm the opposition, saying there was «no change in policy on EU arms embargo, but we rule nothing out».

The United Nations Group of Experts is mandated by the Security Council to monitor the UN arms embargo on DRC.

The assistance must be directed, solely, at protection of civilians and civilian populated areas.The argument of the US is that SC Res 1973 in authorising all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack amends the absolute arms embargo imposed by paragraph 9 of SC Res 1970.

«We join others in asking for a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel, Hamas and armed Palestinian groups.

In addition, the report urges the continuation of mild controlling measures like maintaining the EU's existing arms embargo and the conditional nature of its negotiations with China when it comes to making energy deals.

This territorial embargo is how all UN Security Council arms embargoes are interpreted, unless the resolution says otherwise and the embargo is specifically limited to particular groups (as happens on occasion, eg see SC Res 1807, para. 1 on Congo).

China, meanwhile, is pressing for looser visa restrictions, fairer treatment over EU trade defence measures and an end to the post-Tiananmen arms embargo.

The Security Council should indeed ensure that further measures are now taken, including targeted sanctions and a full arms embargo on the Syrian government and on any armed groups suspected of human rights abuses.

Amnesty International, six Nobel Peace Prize laureates and over 90 celebrities have called for an immediate arms embargo on the country.

At that time, the Conservative government of John Major and most Westminster Tories were resolutely opposed to intervening militarily against the Bosnian Serbs, either through the despatch of ground troops or the use of air power, or even to allowing the Bosnians to defend themselves by lifting the international arms embargo that locked in place a Serb advantage in heavy weaponry.

Three groups say BNP Paribas transferred $ 1.3 million that was used to purchase weapons, in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.

Yet military buyers were invited from some of the world's most violent and repressive regimes, including Colombia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and China, currently subject to a United Nations arms embargo.

Most prominent among these are the «targeted sanctions» imposed by Security Council Resolutions (SCR) 1267 (1999) seq, which provide for asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes against persons listed by the Committee established pursuant to SCR 1267 (the 1267 Committee).

It is also financing the Liberian government's violation of the UN arms embargo, which the Liberian government has publicly admitted to (6),» says Alice Blondel, Global Witness Lead Campaigner.

The initial draft text - to renew the annual mandate of a targeted sanctions regime related to Yemen - wanted to include a condemnation of Iran for violating an arms embargo on Houthi leaders and include a council commitment to take action over it.

China is itself a sanctioned state in one respect: the US has had an arms embargo on the country stemming from the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

After officially lifting an arms embargo against Pakistan in 2014, Russia will deliver four Russian - made Mi - 35M attack helicopters this year to Pakistan's military.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Spurred to action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, including an arms embargo and restrictions on state - owned banks.

Quakers in Britain is calling for an immediate end to the violence and for the UK government to impose an arms embargo on all sides.

If I take 1989 - 2000 into account, the arms embargo made no sense.

(update): The arms embargo is anything but cosmetic.

Gradually, during the 1990s, the Security Council began to use Chapter VII much more to impose economic sanctions, arms embargoes, and to deploy large peacekeeping forces and even military attacks in many civil wars.

I agree that the arms embargo can no longer be regarded as absolute.

Speculation that he had stuffed the ballot box led the European Union to place an arms embargo and other economic sanctions on Zimbabwe.

Arms embargoes, trade sanctions, the severing of transportation, sports, fiscal and cultural links and divestment rules that prohibited businesses from doing business in South Africa were examples of international intervention about apartheid.

Mr Cameron is calling on all sanctions against the southeast Asian country - with the exception of the arms embargo - to be suspended immediately.

And issues such as common conditions for direct investment from China or the arms embargo are politically sensitive and divisive.

Continue reading «Conservative MPs line up to support Cameron on Libya - but he's probed about the arms embargo»»

For better or worse, I haven't cited his replies in every case, but his answers on regime change, the arms embargo and the International Criminal Court are of special interest, and are therefore quoted in full.

«Our leaders are calling for sanctions and an arms embargo on Russian but we are continuing to arm Israel.

Operative paragraph 13 of the resolution, in substituting a replacement operative paragraph 11 in resolution 1970 (2011), further authorises Member States to use all measures commensurate to the specific circumstances to carry out inspections aimed at the enforcement of the arms embargo established by that earlier resolution.

HMS Cumberland launched her Lynx helicopter on a number of surface search missions as part of the coalition's surveillance effort in support of the arms embargo in operation against Libya.

Was lifting the EU arms embargo the right strategy?

She said that in the previous weeks leading up to her departure, she felt increasingly isolated in Government, and revealed that even Danny Alexander, the Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury, had remained silent at a key meeting on the need for an arms embargo against Israel.

The sanctions imposed on the group include a travel ban, arms embargo and the freezing of all international assets.

A little history lesson: In 1985, North facilitated the secret sale of arms to Iran during a time when an arms embargo for Iran was in place, in hopes of getting hostages released by Hezbollah, who held them in Lebanon.