UN Sanctions Reform - The Watson Institute for International Studies

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Recognizing the linkages between the exploitation of natural resources, especially timber,
the illicit trade in such resources, and the fuelling and exacerbation of the conflict in
Arcadia,
Demanding that all sides disarm and resume talks towards a ceasefire and peace
settlement,
Noting that the situation in Arcadia constitutes a threat to international peace and
security,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
A
1. Reaffirms that the measures imposed in paragraph 2 of resolution 1648 (2004) apply to
all sales or supply of arms and related materiel destined for any recipient in Arcadia,
including all non-State actors, such as the RBL, and all militias and armed groups
associated with the Government of Arcadia;
2. Strongly encourages all Member States to review existing procedures to implement
paragraph 2 of resolution 1648 (2004), including customs and border control measures,
and appropriate penalties for violations of the arms embargo;
3. Further decides that … OPTIONS FOR OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS:
Prohibitions (Sanctions to be imposed and against whom)
• financial sanctions (e.g. see Interlaken Manual, pp. 11-18)
• travel ban (e.g. see Bonn-Berlin Manual, pp. 49-53)
• aviation ban (e.g. see Bonn-Berlin Manual, pp. 73-75)
B
• commodity sanctions (e.g. operative paragraphs of past Security Council resolutions,
such as resolution 1173 (1998), resolution 1343 (2001), resolution 1478 (2003) and
resolution 1521 (2003))
Exemptions:
• Exemptions to measures imposed (e.g. see Interlaken Manual, pp. 19-22; Bonn-Berlin
Manual, pp. 31-32, 55, 76)
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