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Article: CONDEMNING FLOW OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ARMS EMBARGO, RELATED SANCTIONS ON COUNTRY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 22, 2008
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The United Nations issued the following press release:
The Security Council, condemning the continuing illicit traffic of weapons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, decided this morning to extend the arms embargo there and its related sanctions regime, with some modifications, until 30 November 2009.
Unanimously adopting resolution 1857 (2008), the Council also extended the mandate of the Group of Experts it had established to monitor the sanctions until the same date, as it reiterated its serious concern over the continued presence of armed groups in the eastern part of the vast central African country, demanding that they abide by recent agreements.
The regime, which was established ...