From: Tsegai Emmanuel (emmanuelt40@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 23 2009 - 11:42:26 EST
UN approves tough sanctions on
Eritrea, including arms embargo
Associated Press
Last update: December 23, 2009 - 10:03 AM
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council
has approved an arms embargo and other
tough sanctions against Eritrea for supplying
weapons to opponents of the Somali
government and refusing to resolve a border
dispute with neighboring Djibouti.
The U.N.'s most powerful body adopted a
resolution Wednesday imposing the
measures by a vote of 13-1, with Libya voting
"no" and China abstaining.
The resolution bans the import and export of
weapons to Eritrea and calls on U.N. member
states to inspect all suspect air and sea cargo
between the Red Sea nation and Somalia.
The resolution also imposes a travel ban on
individuals — including Eritrea's political and
military leadership — who violate the arms
embargo and obstruct a border settlement
with Djibouti.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security
Council was expected to approve an arms
embargo and other tough sanctions against
Eritrea for supplying arms to opponents of
the Somali government and refusing to
resolve a border dispute with neighboring
Djibouti.
The U.N.'s most powerful body was likely to
approve the sanctions resolution on
Wednesday, diplomats said, speaking on
condition of anonymity because they were
not authorized to speak publicly.
It would ban the import and export of
weapons to Eritrea and call on U.N. member
states to inspect all suspect air and sea cargo
between the Red Sea nation and Somalia.
The draft resolution would also impose a
travel ban on individuals — including
Eritrea's political and military leadership —
who violate the arms embargo, obstruct a
border settlement with Djibouti, or
"perpetrate acts of violence or terrorist acts
against other states or their citizens in the
region." The financial assets of these
individuals as well as government and private
companies responsible for similar violations
would be frozen
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