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The Security Council today received confirmation UN that Eritrea The sanctions committee informed the Security Council violations by the Eritrean government in a closed session in which their cases were fifteen members of which there is evidence, told reporters deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom to UN, Philip Parham.
"The panel has ruled that Eritrea has been violating the arms embargo," Parham said upon leaving a meeting in India's ambassador to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, presented his last report as chairman of the committee sanctions on Eritrea and Somalia.
Parham avoided giving details about the violations, but said that all members of the Security Council consider that it is "a very serious matter" that should raise Puri now the Eritrean authorities, who must ask for explanations.
The international community considers that Eritrea is the main source of support to Somali militias, although the Eritrean government denies providing military support, weapons or financial support to armed opposition groups Somali Islamic fundamentalist militia and Al Shabaab, linked to Al Qaeda.
Eritrea itself has recognized that maintains relations with Somali armed groups, but argues that their connections are limited to matters of a political or even humanitarian.
The Security Council of the UN approved a resolution last December which toughened the penalties imposed in 2009 against Eritrea for its efforts to destabilize the states of the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia, by funding terrorist groups.
"The panel has ruled that Eritrea has been violating the arms embargo," Parham said upon leaving a meeting in India's ambassador to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, presented his last report as chairman of the committee sanctions on Eritrea and Somalia.
Parham avoided giving details about the violations, but said that all members of the Security Council consider that it is "a very serious matter" that should raise Puri now the Eritrean authorities, who must ask for explanations.
The international community considers that Eritrea is the main source of support to Somali militias, although the Eritrean government denies providing military support, weapons or financial support to armed opposition groups Somali Islamic fundamentalist militia and Al Shabaab, linked to Al Qaeda.
Eritrea itself has recognized that maintains relations with Somali armed groups, but argues that their connections are limited to matters of a political or even humanitarian.
The Security Council of the UN approved a resolution last December which toughened the penalties imposed in 2009 against Eritrea for its efforts to destabilize the states of the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia, by funding terrorist groups.
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