Sanctions against Lebanon
General information about the sanctions
On 14 February 2005 former prime minister of the Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri, and 23 other people were killed in a bomb attack in Beirut. The UN Security Council condemned the attack and passed Resolution 1636 (2005) on specific restrictive measures directed against individuals designated as being suspected of involvement in the bombing.
In connection with the war in Lebanon between Hizbollah and Israel in summer 2006, the UN Security Council decided on further sanctions against Lebanon in Resolution 1701 (2006), which includes an arms embargo combined with a ban on supplying technical or financial assistance related to weapons exports etc.
The two resolutions were followed up in the European Union with the adoption of various legal instruments.
