arms embargoes
Military trade prohibitions
Arms embargoes are official prohibitions on selling or transferring weapons to a particular country, group, or region.
Governments and international bodies impose them to pressure regimes, limit conflicts, or prevent human rights abuses: The UN imposed an arms embargo on the country following the coup.
Violations often occur through smuggling or intermediary nations.
- export controlsRestrictions on foreign sales
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- weapons systemsMilitary attack apparatus
- UN Security CouncilWorld body overseeing peace
- trade restrictionsBarriers limiting international exchange
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- arms tradegun runner, black market guns, military exports, defense industries, proliferation
- statecraftdiplomacy, ambassadors, envoys, summits, sanctions
- UN resolutions
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
arms embargoesarms shipments
Transported military supplies
arms deals · military aid · arms trafficking · defense contracts · arms sales