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Policy paper: Financial sanctions, Somalia

Updated: Updated due to latest notice (Reg 1104/2014)

In 2005, the United Nations, amongst other matters, imposed an asset freeze on persons engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia, including acts that threaten the Djibouti Agreement of 18 August 2008 or the political process, or threaten the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) or African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by force; having acted in violation of the arms embargo imposed by UNSCR 733 (1992); and obstructing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to or access to, or distribution of humanitarian assistance in, Somalia.

Current EU regulations

26.09.2011 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 956/2011 Amended Annex I to Regulation 356/2010

26.04.2010 Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 Implemented the travel and financial restrictions in UNSCR 1844(2008)

Current UK regulations

04.01.2011 The Somalia (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2956)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-somalia

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