weapons embargo
Military trade prohibition
A weapons embargo is an official ban on selling or transferring arms to a particular country, group, or region.
Governments and international bodies impose embargoes to limit conflicts, punish aggression, or pressure regimes: The UN imposed a weapons embargo on the warring nation.
Enforcement varies widely—some embargoes are strictly monitored while others are routinely violated.
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- armsUpper body limbs
- blockadeSealing off a place
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
- tradeExchange of commodities
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- embargoestrade ban, export ban, import ban
- Arms Treatiesdisarmament, arms limitation, arms reduction, cluster munitions, cluster bombs
- Libyan WarGaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Benghazi, rebels
- Nuclear Diplomacynon-proliferation, disarmament, denuclearization, arms control, nuclear inspections
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Commerce in weaponry
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Mutual defense agreement between nations
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