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Article: UN Council enhances arms embargo on eastern DRC
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- March 12, 2004
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UN Council enhances arms embargo on eastern DRC
UNITED NATIONS, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security
Council decided on Friday to tighten its arms embargo on the eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a bid to cut off the illegal
flow of arms into the area plagued by tribal conflicts.
In a resolution passed earlier in the day, the council demanded
all states take measures to prevent the supply of arms and any
related materiel to armed groups operating in the eastern DRC.
It authorized the UN peacekeeping force in the ...