Arms Embargo – 2007
2007
Intermediate Implementation 
In the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, parties to the accord agreed to request the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to lift the arms embargo imposed on Ivory Coast within three months of holding post-conflict elections. Parties also requested that the UNSC immediately allow light weapons, necessary for maintaining law and order, to be imported.
On 29 October 2007, the UNSC passed Resolution 1782 and decided to extend the arms embargo by 12 months; the embargo had been in place since 2004.[fn=value1] “Resolution 1782 (2007),” United Nations Security Council (S/RES/1782 2007), October 29, 2007.[/efn_note] The UNSC did not authorize light weapons to be imported.