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Sanction Regimes

My honourable friend the Parliamentary-under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Chris Bryant) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: The Government are committed to keeping Parliament informed of the sanctions regimes which the UK implements. Currently the UK implements United Nations sanctions in relation to al-Qaeda and the Taliban, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan and in relation to terrorism as laid out in UN Security Council Resolution 1373. The UK also implements sanctions regimes imposed autonomously by the EU in relation to Belarus, Burma, China, the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (in connection with individuals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or responsible for certain acts of violence at Mostar), Guinea, the Transnistrian region of Moldova and Zimbabwe. In accordance with a decision of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the UK implements arms embargoes on Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Government also take full account of the Economic Community of West African States moratorium on certain exports of small arms and light weapons to Economic Community of West African States members. A document listing the sanctions regimes and restrictive measures implemented by the UK is being laid in the Libraries of the House of Commons and House of Lords. It is also published on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/services-we-deliver/business-services/export-controls-sanctions/. This document outlines the restrictive measures in place and includes objectives and lift criteria for each regime.