[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22262]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

[Public Notice 3767]


U.N. Arms Embargo of Liberia

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: 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 
Liberia will continue to be denied pursuant to section 38 of the Arms 
Export ControlAct (AECA) and section 5 of the U.N. Participation 
Act(UNPA) in implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1343.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Sweeney, MunitionsControl 
Analyst, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military 
Affairs, Department of State (202) 633-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.N. Security Council Resolution (UNSC) 788 
(1992) instituted an embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military 
equipment to Liberia. Consequently, the Department of State imposed a 
suspension on all previously issued licenses and approvals authorizing 
the export or transfer of defense articles or defense services to 
Liberia, and instituted a policy of denial for all new applications for 
licenses and other approvals to export or otherwise transfer defense 
articles or defense services to Liberia (57 FR 60265, December 18, 
1992). The prohibited country list at section 126.1 of the 
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) was updated on July 
22, 1993 (58 FR 39280) to include Liberia.
    Since that time, the Government of Liberia has been supporting 
armed rebel groups in the region and the Revolutionary United Front 
(RUF) in Sierra Leone in preparing and committing attacks on 
neighboring countries. On March 7, 2001, the U.N. Security Council 
adopted UNSCR 1343 replacing the earlier arms embargo imposed by UNSCR 
788 with a broader embargo. This notice hereby advises that U.S. 
implementation of the prohibitions set forth in UNSCR 1343 is given 
effect by continuing the existing policy of denial for Liberia.
    UNSCR 1343 requires that all States prevent the sale or supply to 
Liberia 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 equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned. Also, 
the resolution requires States to prevent any provision to Liberia by 
their nationals or from their territories of technical training or 
assistance related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of 
the aforementioned items. UNSCR 1343 has limited exceptions for 
supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for 
humanitarian or protective use if approved in advance by an established 
Committee of the Security Council, and also for certain protective 
clothing exported to Liberia by United Nations personnel, humanitarian 
workers and the media for their personal use.
    In accordance with 22 CFR 126.1, the U.S. Government will continue 
to deny all applications for licenses and other approvals to export or 
otherwise transfer defense articles and services to Liberia. This 
action also continues to preclude the use in connection with Liberia of 
any exemptions from licensing or other approval requirements (e.g. 
brokering) available under the ITAR. Exceptions to this denial policy, 
particularly for non-lethal items intended solely for humanitarian or 
protective use, will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
    This action has been taken pursuant to section 38 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and relevant provisions of the 
ITAR, as well as section 5 of the UN Participation Act (22 U.S.C. 
287(c)).

    Dated: August 27, 2001.
John R. Bolton,
Under Secretary, Arms Control and International Security, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 01-22262 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
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