§ Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
§ Whether they will list the arms embargoes to which they currently adhere, giving the date each one came into force; and, where a different date applied in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or any of the dependent territories of the United Kingdom, whether they will state the name of the territory and the date on which the embargo came into force there.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyThe United Kingdom currently applies the following arms embargoes:
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UN arms embargoes UK Came into force in Crown Dependencies Dependent Territories Iraq1 09/08/90 30/08/90 09/08/90 Libya 15/04/92 15/04/92 15/04/92 Somalia 22/07/93 21/12/96 16/05/95 Liberia 22/07/93 21/12/96 16/05/95 Rwanda 24/06/94 21/12/96 16/05/95 Angola 01/10/93 01/10/93 01/10/93 1The Isle of Man was covered by the Order in Council for the UK (SU 1651 (90) on Iraq which came into force on 9th August 1990). Thus, the Crown Dependencies Order in Council (SI 1771 (90) which came into force on 30th August 1990) only covered the Channel Islands.
EU, OSCE and national embargoes Type Date Agreed Afghanistan EU 17/12/96 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal, Republic of Yugoslavia EU 26/02/96 Burma EU 29/07/91 China EU 26/06/89 Nigeria EU 20/11/95 Sudan EU 15/03/94 Zaire EU 07/04/93 Armenia and Azerbaijan OSCE 28/02/92 Argentina National 03/04/82 Iran National 01/03/93 EU, OSCE and national embargoes are implemented in the UK and Isle of Man by means of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939 and the Export of Goods (Control) Orders made under it, immediately following their adoption. In the case of the Channel Islands, Customs services there are systematically informed by the DTI of any changes to orders made under the 1939 Act which are then reflected in their law. When an export licence (including those for embargoed destinations) is sought from the Jersey or Guernsey authorities, it is referred by them to the DTI for advice. Licences are only granted where DTI say that there is no objection. The Inter-Departmental Committee on Trafficking in Arms reported that there had been no systematic application of arms embargoes, other than UN embargoes, to dependent territories. Work is in hand to correct this.