§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries which are subject to a United Kingdom arms embargo(a) as part of or (b) independently of (i) United Nations or (ii) EC policy.
§ Mr. GoodladWe observe arms embargoes imposed by the United Nations on the following countries: Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Liberia, Haiti, South Africa and the former Republic of Yugoslavia. We also observe arms embargoes imposed by the European Union on China, Syria, Burma and Zaire and by the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe on Armenia and Azerbaijan. In addition, as a matter of declared national policy we refuse to supply arms to Argentina, Iran and Israel.
530WWe consider applications for the export of arms to other countries on a case-by-case basis. We refuse applications for exports which in our view would not be consistent with our established criteria, including the common criteria for arms transfers agreed with EU partners at Luxembourg in 1991 and at Lisbon in 1992 and the guidelines agreed by the permanent five in London in 1991.