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UN Security Council
Resolution 1844
Date 20 November 2008
Meeting no. 6,019
Code S/RES/1844 (Document)
Subject The situation in Somalia
Voting summary
15 voted for
None voted against
None abstained
Result Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
  • Flag of the People's Republic of China China
  • Flag of France France
  • Flag of Russia Russia
  • Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • Flag of the United States United States
Non-permanent members
  • Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
  • Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium
  • Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica
  • Flag of Croatia Croatia
  • Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
  • Flag of Italy Italy
  • Flag of Libya (1977-2011) Libya
  • Flag of Panama Panama
  • Flag of South Africa South Africa
  • Flag of Vietnam Vietnam

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1844 was unanimously adopted on 20 November 2008.

Resolution[]

The Security Council today strengthened the arms embargo on the violence-plagued nation of Somalia by specifying sanctions on violators and expanding the mandate of the Committee that oversees the ban.

Through the unanimous adoption of resolution 1844 (2008), and acting under the Charter’s Chapter VII, the Council decided that travel restrictions and an asset freeze would be applied to individuals and entities that engaged in activities that threatened the peace and the political processes and obstructed humanitarian assistance, in addition to those that breached the weapons ban, which was put in place by resolution 733 of 1992 and amended by subsequent resolutions.

The Council charged the Committee set up by resolution 733 (1992) with the task of examining allegations of violations of the arms embargo, designating individuals and entities to be on a list of those subjected to sanctions and regularly reviewing that list for accuracy. It would also consider requests for humanitarian exemptions and report at least every 120 days to the Council.

In a related provision, Member States were encouraged to submit to the Committee the names of individuals or entities to be included on the list, along with a detailed statement of the case against them. The Council urged such States to review petitions for de-listing and encouraged the Committee to ensure that fair and clear procedures existed for listing, de-listing and granting exemptions.[1]

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