STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2000 No. 1821

UNITED NATIONS

The Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2000

  Made 12th July 2000 
  Laid before Parliament 13th July 2000 
  Coming into force 14th July 2000 

At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of July 2000

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 17th May 2000, called upon Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and all other States to apply certain measures to give effect to a decision of that Council in relation to Eritrea and Ethiopia:

     Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, commencement, operation and extent
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th July 2000.

    (2) In this Order, "the Order" means the Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2000[
2].

    (3) This Order shall extend to the following territories - 

         Anguilla

         Bermuda

         British Antarctic Territory

         British Indian Ocean Territory

         British Virgin Islands

         Cayman Islands

         Falkland Islands

         Gibraltar

         Montserrat

         Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

         St. Helena

         St. Helena Dependencies

         South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

         Turks and Caicos Islands

         The UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the island of Cyprus

     2. Article 3 of the Order shall be amended as follows - 

     3. In article 11(1)(b) of the Order, the word "and" shall be inserted before "any such cargo".

    
4. In article 12(1)(c) of the Order, the words "United Kingdom" shall be replaced by "the Territory".


A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order, made under the United Nations Act 1946, amends the restrictions imposed by the Eritrea and Ethiopia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2000, pursuant to a decision of the Security Council of the United Nations in its resolution 1298 of 17th May 2000, to restrict acts calculated to promote the supply or delivery of arms and related materiel to any person in Eritrea or Ethiopia. It also makes textual amendments to that Order.


Notes:

[1] 1946 c. 45.back

[2] S.I. 2000/1557.back



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