From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Tue Mar 02 2010 - 08:40:19 EST
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6383/10 (Presse 25) 1
EN
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Brussels, 1 March 2010
6383/10 (Presse 25)
EU implements international restrictive measures against Eritrea
The Council today adopted a decision1 (5534/10) imposing restrictive
measures against Eritrea in line with the United Nations Security Council
resolution (UNSCR) 1907 (2009).
The restrictive measures consist of an arms embargo, as well as travel
restrictions and a freeze of assets against persons and entities designated
by the UN sanctions committee2 as:
– having acted in violation of the arms embargo;
– providing support from Eritrea to armed opposition groups which aim to
destabilise the region;
– obstructing implementation of UNSCR 1862 (2009) concerning the border
dispute
between Djibouti and Eritrea;
1 The decision was taken without discussion at the Competitiveness Council
meeting.
2 Sanctions committee established pursuant to UNSCR 751 (1992) and expanded
by UNSCR 1844 (2008).
– harbouring, financing, facilitating, supporting, organising, training or
inciting individuals or groups to perpetrate acts of violence or terrorist
acts against other States or their citizens in the region;
– obstructing the investigations or work of the monitoring group pursuant to
UNSCR 1853 (2008) concerning the situation in Somalia.
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