Rule2025-12560
International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Updates to Certain Proscribed Countries and Other Changes
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July 7, 2025
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July 7, 2025
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Abstract
The Department of State is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to update the entries for the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, pursuant to recent United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs). Further, the Department is updating the list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and major non-NATO allies and is making other corrections and clarifications within the ITAR.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 127 (Monday, July 7, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29720-29724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12560]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
22 CFR Parts 120 and 126
[Public Notice: 12731]
RIN 1400-AF83
International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Updates to Certain
Proscribed Countries and Other Changes
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State is amending the International Traffic
in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to update the entries for the Central
African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Libya,
Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, pursuant to recent United Nations
Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs). Further, the Department is
updating the list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members
and major non-NATO allies and is making other corrections and
clarifications within the ITAR.
DATES: This rule is effective on July 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ryan Haddad, Foreign Affairs
Officer, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, U.S. Department of
State, telephone: 771-204-7878; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c98d8d9d8a8abcbabda6a4acbb9aacbbbfa0aaac89babda8bdace7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f6b6b7b6c6c5a5c5b40424a5d7c4a5d59464c4a6f5c5b4e5b4a01484059">[email protected]</span></a>.
ATTN: Regulatory Change, ITAR Section 126.1 and Other Changes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1
pursuant to recent UNSCRs. Additionally, the Department is making other
corrections and clarifications to the ITAR in this rule, including
revising ITAR Sec. 120.23 paragraph (a) to amend the list of NATO
members to add Finland and Sweden and revise the reference to the Czech
Republic to Czechia; paragraph (b) to amend the list of major non-NATO
allies by adding Colombia, Kenya, and Qatar and removing Afghanistan;
paragraph (c) to amend the list of countries in the Wassenaar
Arrangement by revising the reference to the Czech Republic to Czechia;
removing duplicative references to the Russian Federation from ITAR
Sec. 120.54(a)(5)(iv) and (v); revising ITAR Sec. 126.1(a) to improve
its readability by restructuring it to set out its existing exceptions
as discreet subparagraphs; and updating the table associated with ITAR
Sec. 126.1(d)(2).
The ITAR Sec. 126.1 changes found in this rule are as follows:
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
On June 27, 2024, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
adopted Resolution 2738 to support efforts promoting peace and
stability in the DRC against continued threats from armed groups
operating in the country. In addition to renewing the United Nations
(UN) arms embargo against non-governmental entities and individuals,
this resolution reaffirmed there is no longer a requirement to pre-
notify the DRC Sanctions Committee of shipments of arms and related
materiel to the DRC Government, or any provision to the DRC Government
of assistance, advice, or training related to military activities in
the DRC. The Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1(i) to remove this
pre-notification requirement. In addition, the Department is amending
paragraph (i) by inserting an ``or'' between the final two paragraphs
describing situations in which a license or other approval may be
issued. The ``or'' was inadvertently omitted when the entry was amended
by 81 FR 66804, Sept. 29, 2016.
Haiti
On October 18, 2024, the UNSC adopted Resolution 2752, which
renewed and revised the UN arms embargo on Haiti. This resolution was
intended to further support the Haitian Government's efforts to counter
increasing gang violence and criminality that threaten regional peace
and stability. The Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1(j) to
implement recent changes to the UN arms embargo on Haiti related to
exports, and the Department is choosing to maintain the inclusion of
imports in ITAR Sec. 126.1(j) for policy reasons. Because this
amendment involves the removal of paragraph (j)(2), the Department also
takes this opportunity to restructure the entry to be consistent with
the format for other entries in that section. First, ITAR Sec.
126.1(j) is revised to include the standard policy text previously
found at paragraph (j)(1) and the subsequent subordinate paragraphs are
redesignated from (i) through (iii) to (1) through (3). Second, new
paragraph (j)(1) (formerly (j)(1)(i)) is revised to broaden the
existing text to allow for case-by-case consideration of defense
article and defense service exports ``to or by,'' instead of ``to,''
recipients identified in the paragraph. Third, new paragraph (j)(2)
(formerly paragraph (j)(1)(ii)) is revised to permit consideration on a
case-by-case basis of exports of defense articles and defense services
to Haiti that have been pre-approved by the
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UNSC Haiti Sanctions Committee. Finally, new paragraph (j)(3) (formerly
paragraph (j)(1)(iii)) is revised to permit case-by-case consideration
of exports to Haiti of non-lethal military equipment solely for
humanitarian or protective use and related technical assistance or
training, when intended to further the objectives of peace and
stability in Haiti, thereby broadening an existing exclusion for
personal protective equipment. In line with these changes, the
Department is also amending this paragraph to remove former paragraph
(j)(2).
Libya
To support the political stabilization of Libya, and in response to
concerns about the growing influence of armed groups in the country,
the UNSC adopted Resolution 2769 on January 16, 2025. This revised the
existing UN arms embargo by excluding from its scope defense services
for the sole purpose of promoting reunification of Libyan military and
security institutions, as well as temporary exports of defense articles
in support of those activities, as notified in advance to the UNSC
Libya Sanctions Committee. Additionally, another exclusion was added
for temporary exports to Libya of military aircraft and naval vessels
delivering items not otherwise subject to the UN arms embargo, along
with any defense articles that remain aboard the vessel or aircraft
while in Libya. The resolution also contains an exception for
protective clothing for personal use by UN, media, humanitarian, and
development personnel and others; small arms, light weapons, and
related materiel to certain actors when pre-notified to the UNSC Libya
Sanctions Committee; non-lethal military equipment intended solely for
humanitarian or protective use, and certain other exceptions. The
Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1(k) to implement these changes
and to remove the existing (k)(1) paragraph, which was removed from the
UN arms embargo exclusions through UNSC Resolution 2009 on September
16, 2011.
Somalia
On December 1, 2023, the UNSC adopted two resolutions intended to
refocus its arms embargo in support of the Government of the Federal
Republic of Somalia's efforts to counter Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group
in Somalia. The first, Resolution 2713, applied a comprehensive arms
embargo on all deliveries of weapons, ammunition, and military
equipment to Somalia with exceptions for deliveries to the Government
of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the Somali National Army, the
Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency, the Somali National
Police Force, and the Somali Custodial Corps, as well as certain other
exceptions in the resolution. The second, Resolution 2714, formally
lifted the prior nationwide arms embargo on Somalia that had been in
place since the adoption of Resolution 733 in 1992. These measures were
reauthorized and modified in Resolution 2776 on March 3, 2025. The
Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1(m) to implement these changes.
Central African Republic (CAR)
On July 30, 2024, the UNSC adopted Resolution 2745, which modified
the existing UN arms embargo toward CAR in recognition of the country's
security sector reforms and the continuing need to ensure peace and
stability within its borders. This resolution lifted the arms embargo
for CAR and the associated UNSC Central African Republic Sanctions
Committee reporting requirements while the arms embargo remains in
place for armed groups and associated individuals operating within CAR.
The Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1(u) to update the
regulations with the corresponding changes adopted through Resolution
2745.
Sudan
On September 11, 2024, the UNSC adopted Resolution 2750, which
renewed the UN arms embargo on Sudan in response to continuing conflict
in Darfur. The Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1(v) to implement
this resolution and prior provisions through the deletion of ITAR Sec.
126.1(v)(4), which allowed for a case-by-case review of licenses or
other approvals involving assistance and supplies provided in support
of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. This removal
requires minor conforming changes to paragraphs (v)(2) and (v)(3).
South Sudan
On May 30, 2024, the UNSC adopted Resolution 2731, which renewed
the UN arms embargo on South Sudan in response to sustained civil
strife within the country. This embargo does not apply to defense
article and defense service exports to UN personnel and certain UN-
authorized missions; non-lethal military equipment and related
technical assistance for humanitarian or protective use, as notified in
advance to the UNSC South Sudan Sanctions Committee; protective
clothing for the personal use of UN personnel, media members, and
humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel; arms and
related material temporarily exported by a state to protect or evacuate
its people as notified to the UNSC South Sudan Sanctions Committee;
arms and related material, including technical assistance, to or in
support of the African Union Regional Task Force for the purpose of
countering the Lord's Resistance Army as notified to the UNSC South
Sudan Sanctions Committee; arms and related material, including
technical assistance, to support peace agreement implementation as pre-
approved by the UNSC South Sudan Sanctions Committee; and other arms
and technical assistance pre-approved by the UNSC South Sudan Sanctions
Committee. The arms embargo was previously revised on May 26, 2022,
through Resolution 2633, which created an exclusion for exports of non-
lethal military equipment solely in support of peace agreement
implementation when pre-notified to the UNSC South Sudan Sanctions
Committee. It was also previously revised on May 30, 2023, by
Resolution 2683, which removed the pre-notification requirement on that
new exclusion. The Department is amending ITAR Sec. 126.1(w) to
reflect these UNSC resolutions.
Other corrections and clarifications found in this rule are as
follows:
<bullet> In Sec. 120.23, paragraph (a), references to Finland and
Sweden are added to the list of member states of NATO and the reference
to the Czech Republic is revised to Czechia; in paragraph (b), Qatar,
Colombia, and Kenya are added, and Afghanistan is removed from the list
of countries designated as major non-NATO allies, see 87 FR 15025, Mar.
17, 2022, 87 FR 32943, May 31, 2022, 89 FR 57055, July 12, 2024, and 87
FR 60057, Oct. 4, 2022, respectively; and in paragraph (c), the
reference to the Czech Republic is revised to Czechia.
<bullet> In ITAR Sec. 120.54(a)(5)(iv) and (v), the Russian
Federation is removed, as the country was added to ITAR Sec. 126.1 by
86 FR 14802, Mar. 18, 2021.
<bullet> ITAR Sec. 126.1(a) is restructured without substantive
changes to improve its clarity.
<bullet> In Sec. 126.1, table 2 to paragraph (d)(2) is amended by
inverting the entries for Ethiopia and Eritrea to be in the correct
alphabetical order, and reinserting an entry for Cambodia, which was
inadvertently omitted from the directional table by 89 FR 18796, Mar.
15, 2024. Although omitted from the table, the Department notes that
paragraph (o) is the controlling provision, and not the alphabetically
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sorted table 2 to paragraph (d)(2), which is included as a guide to
assist the reader in locating the relevant country paragraph. Because
of its inclusion at paragraph (o), Cambodia remained subject to the
policy to deny licenses or other approvals for exports and imports of
defense articles and defense services, except as otherwise provided,
during its absence from the table.
<bullet> In Sec. 126.1(l), the Department amends the paragraph
regarding the policy towards Russia to eliminate from the regulatory
text the expired exception allowing case-by-case review of requests for
authorization for commercial space launches (see 86 FR 14802, Mar. 18,
2021).
<bullet> In Sec. 126.1, as part of its reorganization efforts to
standardize text throughout the ITAR when otherwise revising a section,
the Department amends certain paragraphs in order to adopt a uniform
style of list regarding exceptions to the original policy statement of
the introductory text of each paragraph. Whereas previously the
exceptions lists concluded with either an ``and'' or an ``or'' between
the penultimate and final exceptions of the list, the Department amends
affected paragraphs in this section to use ``or'' where appropriate.
These changes are to paragraphs (f)(1) and (j)(2). A similar revision
is described above in the preamble text specific to the DRC.
Regulatory Analysis and Notices
Administrative Procedure Act
This rulemaking is exempt from the rulemaking requirements of
section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(a)(1) as a military or foreign affairs function of the
United States.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Since this rule is exempt from the notice-and-comment provisions of
5 U.S.C. 553, the rule does not require analysis under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
This rulemaking does not involve a mandate that will result in the
expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate
or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in any year, and it
will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore,
no actions are deemed necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
Congressional Review Act
The Department does not believe this rulemaking is a major rule
within the definition of 5 U.S.C. 804.
Executive Orders 12372 and 13132
This rulemaking does not have sufficient federalism implications to
require consultations or warrant the preparation of a federalism
summary impact statement. The regulations implementing Executive Order
12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and
activities do not apply to this rulemaking.
Executive Orders 12866, 14192, and 13563
Executive Order 12866, as amended by Executive Orders 13563,
directs agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available
regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select
regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential
economic, environmental, public health, and safety effects). As a
result of this change, certain exemptions to licensing requirements
will not be available for exports, and temporary imports destined for
or originating in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Haiti, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, or Sudan. However, a
license or other approval may be issued on a case-by-case basis as
described below. Because the scope of this rule does not impose
significant additional regulatory requirements or obligations, the
Department believes costs associated with this rule will be minimal.
This rule is exempt from the requirements of Executive Order 14192
because it relates to a foreign affairs function of the United States.
This rule has been designated a ``non-significant regulatory action''
by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under Executive
Order 12866.
Executive Order 12988
The Department of State has reviewed this rulemaking in light of
Executive Order 12988 to eliminate ambiguity, minimize litigation,
establish clear legal standards, and reduce burden.
Executive Order 13175
The Department of State determined that this rulemaking will not
have tribal implications, will not impose substantial direct compliance
costs on Indian tribal governments, and will not preempt tribal law.
Accordingly, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this rulemaking.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This rulemaking does not impose or revise any information
collections subject to 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
List of Subjects
22 CFR Part 120
Arms and munitions, Classified information, Exports.
22 CFR Part 126
Arms and munitions, Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Technical assistance.
For the reasons set forth above, the Department of State amends
title 22, chapter I, subchapter M, parts 120 and 126 of the Code of
Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 120--PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 120 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2752, 2753, 2776, 2778, 2779, 2779a,
2785, 2794, 2797; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p.
223.
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2. Amend Sec. 120.23 by revising paragraphs (a), (b)(2), and (c)(1) to
read as follows:
Sec. 120.23 Organizations and arrangements.
(a) North Atlantic Treaty Organization. North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) refers to the organization of member states that
are parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, which members include:
Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and any state not
included here that has deposited an instrument of accession in
accordance with Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
(b) * * *
(2) The following countries have been designated as major non-NATO
allies: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Israel,
Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, the
Philippines, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Tunisia.
Taiwan shall be treated as though it were designated a major non-NATO
ally.
(c) Wassenaar Arrangement. (1) The Wassenaar Arrangement refers to
the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and
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Dual-Use Goods and Technologies among the United States, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of
Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United
Kingdom, established on 12 July 1996, to promote transparency and
greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use
goods and technologies.
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3. Amend Sec. 120.54 by revising paragraphs (a)(5)(iv) and (v) to read
as follows:
Sec. 120.54 Activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers,
or temporary imports.
(a) * * *
(5) * * *
(iv) Not intentionally sent to a person in or stored in a country
proscribed in Sec. 126.1 of this subchapter; and
Note 1 to paragraph (a)(5)(iv): Data in-transit via the
internet is not deemed to be stored in a country it transits.
(v) Not sent from a country proscribed in Sec. 126.1 of this
subchapter;
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PART 126--GENERAL POLICIES AND PROVISIONS
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4. The authority citation for part 126 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 287c, 2651a, 2752, 2753, 2776, 2778, 2779,
2779a, 2780, 2791, 2797, 10423; sec. 1225, Pub. L. 108-375, 118
Stat. 2091; sec. 7045, Pub. L. 112-74, 125 Stat. 1232; sec. 1250A,
Pub. L 116-92, 133 Stat. 1665; sec. 205, Pub. L. 116-94, 133 Stat.
3052; and E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 223.
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5. Amend Sec. 126.1 by:
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a. Revising paragraph (a), table 2 to paragraph (d)(2), and paragraphs
(f)(1), (i)(1) and (4), and (j);
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b. Removing and reserving paragraph (k)(1), revising paragraphs (k)(5)
and (6) and adding paragraphs (k)(7) through (9); and
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c. Revising paragraphs (l), (m), (u), and (v)(2) and (3), removing
paragraph (v)(4), and revising paragraph (w).
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Sec. 126.1 Prohibited exports, imports, and sales to or from certain
countries.
(a) General. It is the policy of the United States to deny licenses
and other approvals for exports and imports of defense articles and
defense services, destined for or originating in certain countries.
(See also Sec. 129.7 of this subchapter, which imposes restrictions on
brokering activities similar to those in this section.) The exemptions
provided in this subchapter do not apply with respect to defense
articles or defense services originating in or for export to any
proscribed countries, areas, or persons as described in this section,
except that the following exemptions may be utilized:
(1) Transfers pursuant to Sec. 123.17 of this subchapter, or Sec.
126.6, or Sec. 126.18(e);
(2) Transfers by or for the U.S. Government pursuant to the
following sections:
(i) Sec. 126.4(a)(1) or (3);
(ii) Sec. 126.4(b)(1); or
(iii) Sec. 126.4(a)(2) or (b)(2) when the export is destined for
Russia and in support of government space cooperation; or
(3) When the recipient is a U.S. Government department or agency.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(2) * * *
Table 2 to Paragraph (d)(2)
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Country specific paragraph
Country location
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Afghanistan............................ See also paragraph (g) of this
section.
Cambodia............................... See also paragraph (o) of this
section.
Central African Republic............... See also paragraph (u) of this
section.
Cyprus................................. See also paragraph (r) of this
section.
Democratic Republic of the Congo....... See also paragraph (i) of this
section.
Eritrea................................ See also paragraph (h) of this
section.
Ethiopia............................... See also paragraph (n) of this
section.
Haiti.................................. See also paragraph (j) of this
section.
Iraq................................... See also paragraph (f) of this
section.
Lebanon................................ See also paragraph (t) of this
section.
Libya.................................. See also paragraph (k) of this
section.
Nicaragua.............................. See also paragraph (p) of this
section.
Russia................................. See also paragraph (l) of this
section.
Somalia................................ See also paragraph (m) of this
section.
South Sudan............................ See also paragraph (w) of this
section.
Sudan.................................. See also paragraph (v) of this
section.
Zimbabwe............................... See also paragraph (s) of this
section.
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(f) Iraq.* * *
(1) Non-lethal military equipment; or
* * * * *
(i) Democratic Republic of the Congo.* * *
(1) Defense articles and defense services for the Government of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo;
* * * * *
(4) Non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian
or protective use, and related technical assistance and training; or
* * * * *
(j) Haiti. It is the policy of the United States to deny licenses
or other approvals for exports or imports of defense articles and
defense services destined for or originating in Haiti, except that a
license or other approval may be issued, on a case-by-case basis, for:
(1) Defense articles and defense services to or by the United
Nations, a United Nations-authorized mission, or a security unit that
operates under the command of the Government of Haiti, intended to be
used by or in coordination with those entities and intended solely to
further the objectives of peace and stability in Haiti;
(2) Other defense articles and defense services as approved in
advance by the committee of the United Nations
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Security Council concerned with Haiti; or
(3) Non-lethal defense articles intended solely for humanitarian or
protective use, and related defense services, when intended to further
the objectives of peace and stability in Haiti.
(k) Libya.* * *
(5) Non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian
or protective use, and related technical assistance or training;
(6) Other sales or supply of arms and related materiel, or
provision of assistance or personnel, as approved in advance by the
Committee of the Security Council concerning Libya;
(7) Protective clothing, including flak jackets and military
helmets, temporarily exported to Libya by United Nations personnel,
representatives of the media, and humanitarian and development workers
and associated personnel, for their personal use only;
(8) Defense services to Libyan security forces intended solely to
promote the process of reunification of Libyan military and security
institutions, as well as associated temporary exports of defense
articles intended solely for use by the non-Libyan providers of those
defense services for delivery of those services and for their
protective use, as notified in advance to the committee of the United
Nations Security Council concerned with Libya; or
(9) Military aircraft and or naval vessels temporarily exported by
the U.S. Government into the territory of Libya solely to deliver items
or facilitate activities otherwise exempted or not covered by the
United Nations's arms embargo on Libya, including humanitarian
assistance, as well as defense articles for defensive purposes that
remain at all times aboard the vessel or aircraft while temporarily in
Libya or on the person of any non-Libyan personnel temporarily
disembarked from such vessel or aircraft.
(l) Russia. It is the policy of the United States to deny licenses
or other approvals for exports of defense articles and defense services
destined for Russia, except that a license or other approval may be
issued, on a case-by-case basis, for government space cooperation.
(m) Somalia. It is the policy of the United States to deny licenses
or other approvals for exports of defense articles and defense services
destined for Somalia, except that a license or other approval may be
issued, on a case-by-case basis, for:
(1) Defense articles and defense services to the Government of the
Federal Republic of Somalia, the Somali National Army, the Somali
National Intelligence and Security Agency, the Somali National Police
Force, and the Somali Custodial Corps;
(2) Defense articles and defense services intended solely for the
support of, or use by:
(i) United Nations personnel, including United Nations Transitional
Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) and United Nations Support
Office in Somalia (UNSOS);
(ii) African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia
(AUSSOM), and the troop- and police-contributing countries to AUSSOM;
or
(iii) European Union training and support activities, Turkey, the
United Kingdom, or the United States, as well as any other United
Nations Member State forces, with a status of forces agreement or a
memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Federal Republic
of Somalia;
(3) Supplies of protective clothing, including flak jackets and
military helmets, temporarily exported to Somalia by United Nations
personnel, representatives of the media, private security contractors
and humanitarian development workers and associated personnel for their
personal use only;
(4) The delivery of non-lethal military equipment by States, or
international, regional or subregional organizations intended solely
for humanitarian or protective use; or
(5) Entry into Somali ports for temporary visits of vessels
carrying weapons and military equipment for defensive purposes provided
that such items remain at all times aboard such vessels.
* * * * *
(u) Central African Republic. It is the policy of the United States
to deny licenses or other approvals for exports or imports of defense
articles and defense services destined for or originating from armed
groups and associated individuals operating within the Central African
Republic.
(v) Sudan.* * *
(2) Supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for
humanitarian, human rights monitoring, or protective uses and related
technical training and assistance; or
(3) Personal protective gear for the personal use of United Nations
personnel, human rights monitors, representatives of the media, and
humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel.
(w) South Sudan. It is the policy of the United States to deny
licenses or other approvals for exports of defense articles and defense
services destined for South Sudan, except that a license or other
approval may be issued, on a case-by-case basis, for:
(1) Defense articles and defense services intended solely for
support of, or use by, United Nations personnel, including the United
Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United
Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA);
(2) Non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian
or protective use, and related technical assistance or training as
notified in advance to the United Nations Security Council committee
concerned with South Sudan;
(3) Protective clothing, including flak jackets and military
helmets, temporarily exported to South Sudan by United Nations
personnel, representatives of the media, and humanitarian and
development workers and associated personnel, for their personal use
only;
(4) Defense articles and defense services temporarily exported to
South Sudan by the forces of a State which is taking action, in
accordance with international law, solely and directly to facilitate
the protection or evacuation of its nationals and those for whom it has
consular responsibility in South Sudan, as notified to the committee of
the United Nations Security Council concerned with South Sudan;
(5) Defense articles and defense services to or in support of the
African Union Regional Task Force intended solely for regional
operations to counter the Lord's Resistance Army, as notified in
advance to the committee of the United Nations Security Council
concerned with South Sudan;
(6) Defense articles and defense services solely in support of the
implementation of the terms of the peace agreement, as approved in
advance by the committee of the United Nations Security Council
concerned with South Sudan;
(7) Any other defense articles or defense services as approved in
advance by the committee of the United Nations Security Council
concerned with South Sudan; or
(8) Non-lethal military equipment solely in support of the
implementation of the peace agreement, and related technical assistance
or training on non-lethal military equipment.
Brent T. Christensen,
Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for Arms
Control and International Security, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-12560 Filed 7-3-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-25-P
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