Security Council Extends Arms Embargo on Central African Republic

The Security Council today voted unanimously to adopt resolution 2454 (2019), extending its sanctions regime on the Central African Republic — including an arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze — until 31 January 2020, while also extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the Central African Republic Sanctions Committee until 29 February 2020.
José Singer (left), Special Envoy of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of January, chairs the Council meeting during which the embargo was extended. At right is Hasmik Egian, Director of the Security Council Affairs Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA).