HC Deb 10 February 1997 vol 290 cc57-8W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to apply future United Nations embargoes to the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, at the same time as they are applied to the United Kingdom. [14957]

Mr. David Davis

The Government's policy is to apply future United Nations embargoes to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, at the same time as they are applied to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Nations embargoes are currently in force. [14959]

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

There are four United Nations arms embargoes in force against Somalia, Liberia, Angola and Rwanda. In addition, the full economic sanctions regime against Iraq and the partial regime against Libya also include arms embargoes.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the dates on which orders came into effect for implementing United Nations embargoes in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) the Isle of Man since 1979. [14958]

Mr. Hanley

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development, in another place, on 30 January,Official Report, House of Lords, columns 108-109, in which she listed the dates of the implementation of United Nations arms embargoes in the United Kingdom. The embargoes on Libya, Iraq, and Angola came into force in the Isle of Man on the same date as in the United Kingdom. The arms embargoes in Liberia, Rwanda and Somalia—but not former Yugoslavia, on which the embargo has been lifted—came into force in the Isle of Man on 21 December 1996. The only other embargoes imposed by the United Nations since 1979 were on Haiti, the former Yugoslavia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The embargo on Haiti and the FRY came into force in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man on 20 July 1993 and the 5 June 1992 respectively. The arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia came into force in the UK on 22 July 1993.