On 2 June 2017, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2356 (2017) on the DPR Korea (North Korea) which condemns in the strongest terms the nuclear weapons and ballistic missile development activities including a series of ballistic missile launches and other activities conducted by the DPRK since 9 September 2016 in violation and flagrant disregard of the Security Council’s resolutions.
On 27 January 2017, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2339 (2017) with respect to the situation in the Central African Republic. The Security Council decided, until 31 January 2018:
On 30 November 2016, the UN Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 2321 (2016), imposing new sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK”) in response to its nuclear test on 9 September 2016.
On June 30, 2016, Global Affairs Canada announced that as part of Canada’s commitment to transparency and rigour in export controls, the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, announced plans to accede to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The announcement from Global Affairs stated: The government announced new measures that will allow Canada to demonstrate compliance with the ATT while enhancing Canada’s already robust export…
On 25 May 2016, the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2288 (2016), which terminated, with immediate effect, the measures on arms, previously imposed by paragraph 2 of Resolution 1521 (2003) and modified by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Resolution 1683 (2006), by paragraph 1 (b) of Resolution 1731 (2006), by paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Resolution 1903 (2009), by paragraph 3 of Resolution 1961 (2010), and by paragraph 2 (b) of…
On 2 March 2016, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2270 (2016) regarding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK” or North Korea). The Resolution condemns “in the strongest terms the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK on 6 January 2016 in violation and flagrant disregard of the Council’s relevant resolutions, and further condemns the DPRK’s launch of 7 February 2016, which used ballistic missile technology and was in serious violation of resolutions…
On 3 March 2015, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted Resolution 2206 (2015) which creates a system that permits the imposition of sanctions recommended by a Sanctions Committee against individuals and entities responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security or stability of South Sudan. The Resolution permits the imposition of a travel ban and an asset freeze. The UN announcement…
On 30 January 2015, the Swiss Federal Administration announced that the Federal Council deposited its instrument of ratification for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with the United Nations in New York on 30 January 2015. The Treaty will enter into force in Switzerland after a period of 90 days. The announcement said that: The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 2 April 2013. In doing so, the international…
On January 5, 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the release of a new format for OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. This new sanctions list format was jointly developed by the United Nations (U.N.) and the Wolfsberg Group of International Banks in an effort to create a universal sanctions list format that can be efficiently used by governments worldwide and enhances sanctions compliance. The new format incorporates a…