The arms embargoes
Organisations
Organisations which have implemented arms embargoes since 2000 are : the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), The Economic Community of African States (ECOWAS), The African Union (AU) and the League of Arab States (LAS).
Information
The information of this database is regularly updated, checked and supplemented.
Database
This database aims to give an updated snapshot of the arms embargoes’ regimes.
Last update: 5/4/2025
Key figures on arms embargoes :
Number of States or territories under embargo
22
Number of non state entities under embargo
4
Number of multilateral organizations implementing embargoes
6
Ongoing embargo
Haiti
Status of the embargo Ongoing Entity State Organisation(s) imposing embargo(es) UN Restriction(…
Zimbabwe
Status of the embargo Ongoing Entity State Organisation(s) imposing embargo(es) EU Restriction(s) Co…
Yemen
Status of the embargo Ongoing Entity Non-States Actors Organisation(s) imposing embargo(es) UN &…
Venezuela
Status of the embargo Ongoing Entity State Organisation(s) imposing embargo(es) EU Restriction(s) Co…
Syria
Status of the embargo Ongoing Entity State Organisation(s) imposing embargo(es) UN & EU & LE…
South Sudan
Status of the embargo Ongoing Entity State Organisation(s) imposing embargo(es) UN & EU Restrict…
Lifted embargo
Ukraine
Status of the embargo Lifted Entité State Organisation(s) EU Exceptions No Ukraine is no longer unde…
Togo
Status of the embargo Lifted Entité State Organisation(s) AU & ECOWAS Exceptions No Togo is no l…
Sierra Leone
Status of the embargo Lifted Entité State Organisation(s) UN & EU Exceptions Yes, no prior notif…
Rwanda
Status of the embargo Lifted Entité State Organisation(s) UN Exceptions Yes, no prior notification o…
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Status of the embargo Lifted Entité State Organisation(s) UN & EU Exceptions No Between July 199…
Uzbekistan
Status of the embargo Lifted Entité State Organisation(s) EU Exceptions Yes, no prior notification o…
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