§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries currently subject to embargoes on the export of British military equipment; when in each case the embargo was imposed; which equipment is covered; and if he will make a statement. [18742]
§ Mr. David DavisI refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. and learned Member for Fife, North-East (Mr. Campbell) on 27 November 1995,Official Report, column 426–27, which lists the embargoes we currently apply and the answer given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr. Smith) on 30 January 1996, Official Report, column 654–55, which gives details of the equipment covered by each of these embargoes. For ease of reference, the following is a list of embargoes and the date of their imposition:
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Country Date of imposition United Nations embargoes Iraq 6 August 1990 Libya 31 March 19921 Somalia 23 January 1992 Liberia 19 November 1992 UNITA2 (Angola) 15 September 1993 Rwanda3 17 May 1994 Former Yugoslavia4 25 September 1991 EU embargoes China 26 June 1989 Burma 9 July 1991 Zaire 7 April 1993 Sudan 15 March 1994 Nigeria5 11 November 1995 Former Yugoslavia4 26 February 1996 National embargoes Iran 1 March 1993 Argentina 5 April 1982 Voluntary embargoes agreed by the (then) Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Armenia 28 February 1992 Azerbaijan 28 February 1992 1 Came into force is April 1992. 2 In the case of Angola, there is a mandatory embargo on UNITA. However, UN Security Council 976 of February 1995, calls on both parties to cease any acquisition of arms and war material during the presence in Angola of the UN Peacekeeping Force, UNAVEM III. 3 In the case of Rwanda, Security Council resolution 1011 of 16 August 1995, decided that restrictions imposed by paragraph 13 of resolution 918 (1994) shall not apply with regard to the sale or supply of arms and related material to the Government of Rwanda. 4 For the Former Yugoslavia: UN Security Council resolution 1021 of 22 November 1995 established a timetable for phased lift of the arms embargo. Specific details of this can be found in Official Report Lords Column WA71 of 24 January 1996. This has been followed by the adoption of a Common Position on the Former Yugoslavia by the EU on 26 February 1996 at the Foreign Affairs Council. 5 In the case of Nigeria, the PM announced a UK arms embargo on 11 November. The EU-wide arms embargo against the Nigerian regime came into effect from 20 November 1995.