During 2022, 14 United Nations embargoes, 22 European Union (EU) embargoes and 1 League of Arab States embargo were in force. A UN partial arms embargo imposed on Haiti, initially proposed by China, was the only new multilateral arms embargo in 2022 and the first new UN arms embargo since 2018. The level of international consensus around decisions to lift or extend UN arms embargoes deteriorated in 2022, with disagreements between, on the one hand, China, Russia and several like-minded African states, and mainly Western powers on the other. This was evident in discussions about extending the systems of notification and authorization for arms transfers to governmental forces that are attached to the UN arms embargoes on several states in sub-Saharan Africa.
In mid-2023 UN arms embargo on non-governmental forces in the Central African Republic was extended until July 2023.
In February 2022, the EU arms embargo on Belarus was extended for a one-year period.
In February 2022, the EU arms embargo on Zimbabwe was extended for a one-year period.
In April 2022, the EU arms embargo on Myanmar was extended for a one-year period.
In May 2022, the UN arms embargo on South Sudan was extended for a one-year period.
In June 2022, the EU arms embargo on Russia was extended until January 2023.
In June 2022, the UN arms embargo on the DRC was extended until July 2023.
In November 2022, the EU arms embargo on Venezuela was extended until January 2023.
In November 2022, the EU arms embargo on Zimbabwe was extended until February 2023.