Written question asked by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Triesman (Labour) on Thursday, 21 July 2005.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Arms Embargo

Question: Why the list, with supporting evidence, of those found to have violated the measures imposed in paragraph 20 of Security Council Resolution 1493 (2003) of 28 July, 2003 concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo and those found to have supported them, has not yet been provided to the Security Council by the Group of Experts mandated to do so under paragraph 10 of Security Council Resolution 1533 (2004) of 12 March, 2004; and what steps they will take to accelerate the production of this list.

Answer: The UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo arms embargo submitted a confidential list of individuals and entities that they believed had violated the embargo as an annex to their report to the UN Sanctions Committee in July 2004. The group provided further information in its reports of January and 15 July 2005.We are now working with UN Security Council partners to designate a list of violators to be subjected to a travel ban and assets freeze, as agreed in Security Council Resolution 1596 of April 2005. This list will take into account the Croup of Experts’ reports and other information from governmental and non-governmental sources.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 1295; 673 c267-8WA
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Arms trade Export controls UN resolutions Sanctions Democratic Republic of the Congo
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk