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Explanatory note

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This Order, made under the United Nations Act 1946, applies to each of the territories specified in Schedule 1. It imposes restrictions pursuant to decisions of the Security Council of the United Nations in resolution 713 (1991) of 25th September 1991, which provided for States to“implement a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment” to the former Yugoslavia, and in resolution 733 (1992) of 23rd January 1992, resolution 788 (1992) of 19th November 1992 and resolution 918 (1994) of 17th May 1994, which made similar provision in relation to Somalia, Liberia and Rwanda respectively.