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By the adoption of Resolution 1493 on 28 July 2003, the United Nations, imposed an arms embargo by which all States were requested to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of arms and any related material and the provision of any assistance, advice or training related to military activities to all foreign and Congolese armed groups and militias operating in the territory of North and South Kivu and in the Ituri District and to groups not party to the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement on the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
By the adoption of Resolution 1596 on 18 April 2005, the United Nations extended the arms embargo to apply to any recipient in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and introduced a travel ban and assets freeze on those persons violating the embargo as designated by the UN Sanctions Committee. A list of designated persons was first published by the Sanctions Committee on 1 November 2005.
Selected documents
| 31.03.2008 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1807 (2008) (PDF 47KB) Renewed the arms embargo imposed in UNSCRs 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005), and the travel ban and assets freeze on individuals and entities pursuant to UNSCRs 1596 (2005), 1649 (2006) and 1698 (2006) which apply also to individuals operating in the DRC and committing serious violations of international law involving the targeting of women in situations of armed conflict. |
| 13.03.2008 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1804 (2008) (PDF 36KB) Recalled that the targeted measures including a travel ban and an asset freeze imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of UNSCR 1596 (2005) were extended by UNSCRs 1649 (2005) and 1698 (2006) to apply in particular to political and military leaders of armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups, and stressed that those measures are applicable to leaders of the FDLR, ex-FAR/Interahamwe and other Rwandan armed groups designated in accordance with the provisions of those resolutions. |
| 15.02.2008 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1799 (2008) (PDF 26KB) Extended the arms embargo imposed by UNSCR 1493 (2003) and expanded by UNSCR 1596 (2005), as well as the measures on transport imposed by UNSCR 1596 (2005) and the financial and travel measures imposed by UNSCRs 1596 (2005), 1649 (2005) and 1698 (2006). |
| 10.08.2007 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1771 (2007) (PDF 32KB) Renewed the arms embargo as well as travel and financial restrictions on individuals designated by the Committee in accordance with the criteria set out in UNSCRs 1596 (2005), 1649 (2006) and 1698 (2006). |
| 31.07.2007 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1768 (2007) (PDF 27KB) Extended the arms embargo as well as travel and financial restrictions on individuals designated by the Committee in accordance with the criteria set out in UNSCRs 1596 (2005), 1649 (2006) and 1698 (2006). |
| 31.07.2006 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1698 (2006) (PDF 38KB) Extended the travel and financial restrictions in UNSCR 1596 (2005) to political and military leaders recruiting or using children in armed conflict in violation of applicable international law and individuals committing serious violations of international law involving the targeting of children in situations of armed conflict, including killing and maiming, sexual violence, abduction and forced displacement, as designated by the UN Sanctions Committee. |
| 21.12.2005 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1649 (2005) (PDF 35KB) Expanded the travel and financial restrictions in UNSCR 1596 (2005) to political and military leaders, as designated by the UN Sanctions Committee, of foreign and Congolese armed groups impeding the disarmament and the voluntary reintegration of combatants. |
| 29.07.2005 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1616 (2005) (PDF 25KB) Renewed the measures in UNSCRs 1596 (2005) and 1493 (2003). |
| 18.04.2005 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1596 (2005) (PDF 43KB) Extended the arms embargo to apply to any recipient in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and introduced a travel ban and assets freeze on those persons violating the embargo as designated by the UN Sanctions Committee. |
| 27.07.2004 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1552 (2004) (PDF 24KB) Renewed the arms embargo imposed by UNSCR 1493 (2003). |
| 12.03.2004 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1533 (2004) (PDF 35KB) Established a Sanctions Committee to oversee the arms embargo imposed UNSCR 1493 (2003) and a Group of Experts to gather and analyze all relevant information in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, countries of the region and, as necessary, in other countries, connected to flows of arms and related materiel, as well as networks operating in violation of the arms embargo. |
| 28.07.2003 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1493 (2003) (PDF 48KB) Imposed an arms embargo by which all States were requested to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of arms and any related material and the provision of any assistance, advice or training related to military activities to all foreign and Congolese armed groups and militias operating in the territory of North and South Kivu and in the Ituri District and to groups not party to the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement on the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| 20.09.2007 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1096/2007 (PDF 32 KB) Amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005. |
| 03.08.2007 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2007 (PDF 34KB) Amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005. |
| 12.04.2007 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 400/2007 (PDF 32KB) Amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005. |
| 23.02.2007 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 201/2007 (PDF 35KB) Amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005. |
| 18.01.2006 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 84/2006 (PDF 32KB) Amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005. |
| 09.11.2005 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1824/2005 (PDF 37KB) Amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005. |
| 18.07.2005 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (PDF 74KB) Implemented the measures in UNSCR 1596 (2005) in respect of the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons designated by the United Nations Sanctions Committee. |
| 13.06.2005 | Council Regulation (EC) No 889/2005 (PDF 69KB) Implemented certain measures in UNSCR 1596 (2005) in the EU. Re-affirmed the measures in UNSCR 1493 (2003). Replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003. |
| 29.09.2003 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 (PDF 127KB) Implemented the measures in UNSCR 1493 (2003) in the EU. Included a prohibition on providing technical and financial assistance related to military activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| 27.06.2005 | The Export Control (Democratic Republic of Congo) Order 2005 (SI 2005/1677) (PDF 46KB) Provided that breaches of certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 889/2005 be criminal offences. Revoked the Democratic Republic of Congo (Financing and Financial Assistance and Technical Advice, Assistance and Training) (Penalties and Licences) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/221). |
| 09.06.2005 | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (United Nations Measures) Order 2005 (SI 2005/1517) (PDF 67KB) Implemented certain restrictive measures in UNSCR 1596 (2005) in the UK, amongst other things, the prohibiting of the making available of funds to individuals and entities designated by the UN Sanctions Committee, and provided that breaches of the Order be criminal offences. |
| 06.02.2004 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (Financing and Financial Assistance and Technical Advice, Assistance and Training) (Penalties and Licences) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/221) (PDF 44KB) Provided that breaches of certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 be criminal offences. |
29.04.08 Financial Sanctions: Democratic Republic of the Congo (PDF 101KB)
16.11.07 Financial Sanctions: Democratic Republic of the Congo (PDF 76KB)
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