UN arms embargo on Angola (UNITA)

In September 1993 UN Security Council resolution 864 established an arms embargo intended to prohibit all sale or supply of arms and related materiel to the UNITA organization including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned.

In the resolution the Security Council condemned actions by UNITA that contravened the Paz peace accords while praising the steps taken by the Government of Angola to implement the same accords.

The implementation of an arms embargo against a non-state entity regardless of location raises different implementation challenges compared with an arms embargo that is tied to a particular state or territory.

The Security Council decided to prohibit the transfer of any arms to Angola except through named points of entry on a list to be supplied by the Government of Angola to the Secretary-General. This mechanism was intended to assist with implementation of the embargo.

The arms embargo was terminated by UN Security Council Resolution 1448 in December 2002.