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[FR Doc No: 94-13552]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
[Public Notice 2016]

 

Arms Embargo on Rwanda

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Public Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that all licenses and other approvals 
to export or otherwise transfer defense articles or defense services to 
Rwanda are suspended until further notice pursuant to Sections 38 and 
42 of the Arms Export Control Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 27, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clyde G. Bryant, Jr., Chief, Compliance & Analysis Branch, Office of 
Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
Department of State (703-875-6650).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: United Nations Security Council Resolution 
918 requires that all States prevent the sale or supply to Rwanda by 
their nationals or from their territories or using their flag vessels 
or aircraft of arms and related materiel of all types, including 
weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary 
police equipment and spare parts. On May 26, 1994, the President issued 
Executive Order 12918 implementing the Security Council arms embargo on 
Rwanda. Pursuant to the Executive Order, the following activities are 
prohibited:

    (a) The sale or supply to Rwanda from the territory of the 
United States by any person, or by any United States person in any 
foreign country or other location, or using any U.S.-registered 
vessel or aircraft, of arms and related materiel of all types, 
including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, 
paramilitary police equipment, and spare parts for the 
aforementioned, irrespective of origin.
    (b) Any willful evasion or attempt to violate or evade any of 
the prohibitions set forth in the order.

Pursuant to the Executive Order, section 38 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778)(AECA), and the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations (22 CFR parts 120-130)(ITAR), the export or other transfer 
to Rwanda of defense articles and services is prohibited.
    It is the policy of the U.S. Government to deny all applications 
for licenses and other approvals to export or otherwise transfer 
defense articles and services to Rwanda. All such applications which 
have been submitted since the current strife in Rwanda began on April 
6, 1994 have been denied. In addition, U.S. manufacturers and exporters 
and any other affected parties are hereby notified that the Department 
of State has suspended all previously issued licenses and approvals 
authorizing the export or other transfer of defense articles or defense 
services to Rwanda. These actions have been taken pursuant to Sections 
38 and 42 of the AECA (22 U.S.C. 2778 and 2791) and Sec. 126.7 of the 
ITAR.
    The licenses and approvals that have been suspended include any 
manufacturing licenses, technical assistance agreements, technical 
data, and commercial military exports and reexports of any kind 
involving Rwanda subject to the AECA. This action also precludes the 
use in connection with Rwanda of any exemptions from licensing or other 
approval requirements included in the ITAR, with the exception of those 
exemptions specified in Sec. 126.1(a).

    Dated: May 27, 1994.
William P. Pope,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Controls, Bureau of 
Political-Military Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 94-13552 Filed 6-1-94; 8:45 am]
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