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U.N. To Keep Sanctions In Effect Into 2013

April 30 2012

Ivory Coast

The Security Council has renewed the sanctions on Ivory Coast for another year, reports the U.N. News Service.

The council also adjusted the U.N. arms embargo to take into consideration the need for weapons and ammunition to train and equip Ivorian security forces.

The embargo, first emplaced in 2004, "shall no longer apply to the provision of training, advice and expertise related to security and military activities, as well as to the supplies of civilian vehicles to the...

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