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Statutory Instruments
UNITED NATIONS
Made
24th June 1998
Laid before Parliament
25th June 1998
Coming into force
26th June 1998
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of June 1998
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by resolution adopted on 5th June 1998, called upon Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and all other States to apply certain measures to give effect to a decision of that Council in relation to Sierra Leone:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) (Amendment) (Sierra Leone) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th June 1998.
(2) In this Order "the Order" means the United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) Order 1995(2).
2. In the definition of "prohibited destination" in Article 2 of the Order the words "or Sierra Leone" shall be inserted after the words "or Rwanda".
3. In paragraph (8)(c) of Article 9 of the Order and in paragraph 4(c) of Schedule 3 to the Order the words "or Sierra Leone" shall be inserted after the word "Rwanda".
4. The Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) (Dependent Territories) Order 1997(3) is revoked.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, made under the United Nations Act 1946, amends the United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) Order 1995 by imposing restrictions on the delivery and supply of arms and related materiel to Sierra Leone, pursuant to a decision of the Security Council of the United Nations in Resolution No. 1171 of 5th June 1998, which terminated earlier restrictions related to Sierra Leone and re-imposed more limited restrictions. The Order also revokes the Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) (Dependent Territories) Order 1997.
