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Arms Embargo – 2005

There was evidence of Sudan purchasing weapons from various mechanisms after the initiation of the peace process. It was documented that the Sudan acquired major weapon systems as well as light weapons from countries such as Russia, Belarus, China, Egypt, Iran and even from European Union Countries such as France, Italy and Germany between 2003 and 2008.[fn]Mike Lewis, “Skirting the Law: Sudan’s Post-CPA Arms Flows,” Small Arms Survey HSBA Working Paper 18 (2009), accessed May 21, 2011, 23-25, http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/HSBA-SWP-18-Sudan-Post-CPA-Arms… However, no complaint was lodged by the SPLM/A or the UNMIS on this issue. Chinese were exporting weapons and importing Sudanese oil.¹ Therefore, the armed embargo provision of the accord was never implemented.

1. “Arms, oil, and Darfur: the evolution of relations between China and Sudan,” Small Arms Survey HSBA Issue Brief No. 7 (2007), accessed May 21, 2012, http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/HSBA-SIB-7-Arms.pdf