UN Documents for Eritrea: Security Council Resolutions

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14 November 2018 S/RES/2444 This was a resolution lifting sanctions on Eritrea and extending various elements of the Somalia sanctions regime until 15 November 2019.
14 November 2017 S/RES/2385 This was a resolution on Somalia and Eritrea sanctions with 11 affirmative votes and four abstentions (Bolivia, China, Egypt, Russia).
10 November 2016 S/RES/2317 This was a resolution on Somalia and Eritrea sanctions with ten votes in favour.
23 October 2015 S/RES/2244 This resolution renewed the partial lifting of the arms embargo, maritime interdiction of illicit arms and charcoal, the humanitarian exemption and the mandate of the Monitoring Group.
24 July 2013 S/RES/2111 This resolution reauthorised the mandate of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group until 25 November 2014.
25 July 2012 S/RES/2060 This resolution extended the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea for 13 months, as well as the humanitarian exemption to the Somalia sanctions regime for 12 months.
5 December 2011 S/RES/2023 This resolution condemned Eritrea's violations of resolution 1907, 1862 and 1844, called on it to cease all efforts to destabilise other states, including through support for the Islamist rebel group Al Shabaab, and imposed new measures to prevent Eritrea from using the diaspora tax or revenues from its mining sector to commit further violations.
29 July 2011 S/RES/2002 This resolution extended the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea for 12 months and expanded the criteria for targeted sanctions to include recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and targeting of civilians.
19 March 2010 S/RES/1916 This resolution extended the mandate of the Monitoring Group for another 12 months with the addition of three new members. It also decided that the assets freeze provisions of resolution 1844 would not apply to funds "necessary to ensure the timely delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance in Somalia" and requested the UN humanitarian aid coordinator for Somalia to report to the Council every 120 days.
23 December 2009 S/RES/1907 This resolution imposed an arms embargo and targeted sanctions against Eritrea.
14 January 2009 S/RES/1862 This resolution demanded that Eritrea withdraw its forces to the positions of the status quo ante.
26 May 1993 S/RES/828 This resolution recommended Eritrea for UN membership.