Statutory Instruments
United Nations
Made
10th December 2008
Laid before Parliament
11th December 2008
Coming into force
12th December 2008
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of December
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:—
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the United Nations Arms Embargoes (Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 12th December 2008.
(2) In this Order “the Principal Order” means the United Nations Arms Embargoes (Liberia, Somalia and the Former Yugoslavia) Order 1993(2).
(3) This Order shall extend to the United Kingdom.
2. The Principal Order is amended as follows:—
(1) In Article 2 the words “Rwanda or” are omitted from the definition of “prohibited destination”.
(2) In Article 2 sub-paragraph (ii) shall be deleted from the definition of “prohibited goods”.
(3) In Article 3(1) sub-paragraphs (c)(iv) and (c)(v) shall be deleted and the word “or” shall be removed from the end of sub-paragraph (c)(iii) and a full-stop inserted.
(4) In Article 7 paragraph (1A) and (3A) shall be deleted.
(5) In Article 8 the words “or (1A)” which appear before the words “of article 7” in paragraphs (1), (3) and (5) shall be deleted.
(6) In Article 8 sub-paragraph 8(c) the words “or Rwanda” shall be deleted.
(7) In Article 10 sub-paragraph 1 the words “or (3A)” shall be deleted.
(8) In sub-paragraph 4(c) of the Schedule the words “Rwanda or” shall be deleted.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the United Nations Arms Embargoes (Liberia, Somalia and the Former Yugoslavia) Order 1993 by removing references relating to Rwanda in the Order to take account of the lifting of the arms embargo imposed on Rwanda by United Nations Security Resolution 918 (1994) of 17th May 1994. The arms embargo on Rwanda has been lifted following the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1823 (2008) which was adopted on 10th July 2008.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.
S.I. 1993/1787 as amended by SI. 1994/1637, S.I. 1996/1629, S.I. 1997/273, S.I. 1998/1501, S.I. 2000/1106, S.I. 2001/947, S.I. 2002/2628 and S.I. 2005/3389.