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UN arms embargoes 'ineffective'
November 27, 2007 - 06:00 AM
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The first study of arms embargoes imposed by the UN Security Council has found they worked in only 25% of cases.
Often arms embargoes completely failed to stop the flow of weapons into a country, with the report citing several West African conflicts.
However, the report found that embargoes were more effective if UN peacekeepers were in place.
The study was carried out by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The UN Security Council has imposed 27 arms embargoes since 1990.
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"In all the 27 cases of mandatory UN Security Council embargoes after the end of the Cold War, none of them has completely stopped the transfer of weapons to the target," said Siemon Wezeman of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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The Swedish academics studying this found that in only 25% of cases did governments improve their behaviour once an arms embargo had been imposed.
However, if an arms embargo was in action and there were also UN peacekeepers in the country, then the rate of effectiveness went up to 47% percent.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7114323.stm
This post was edited on: 2007-11-27 at 06:01 AM by: Hayk Hakobyan (Moderator)
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