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Article: New Zealand supports UN's arms ban on militia groups in Sudan
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 14, 2005
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New Zealand supports UN's arms ban on militia groups in Sudan
WELLINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand regulations
implementing the United Nations arms sanctions against militia groups
in Darfur, Sudan, became law on Friday, Foreign Minister Phil Goff
said.
The UN Security Council condemned acts of violence and imposed a
ban on the sale of arms to all non-state entities and individuals
operating in Darfur last year.
The ban followed the UN's concern at the on-going humanitarian
crisis and human rights violations, ...