Security Council resolution 1298 (2000) [on measures against the sale or supply to Eritrea and Ethiopia of arms and related matériel of all types]
[Measures against the sale or supply to Eritrea and Ethiopia of arms and related matériel of all types]

Strongly condemns the continued fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia; demands that both parties immediately cease all military action and refrain from the further use of force; requests that the current Chairman of the OAU consider dispatching urgently his Personal Envoy to the region to seek immediate cessation of hostilities and resumption of the peace talks; decides that all States shall prevent: (a) the sale or supply to Eritrea and Ethiopia, by their nationals or from their territories, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, of arms and related matériel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned, whether or not originating in their territory; (b) any provision to Eritrea and Ethiopia by their nationals or from their territories of technical assistance or training related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of the items in (a) above; decides also that the measures imposed shall not apply to supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian use, as approved in advance by the Committee established below; decides to establish a Committee of the Security Council consisting of all the members of the Council, to undertake tasks [see full text] and to report on its work to the Council with its observations and recommendations; decides that the measures imposed above are established for 12 months and that, at the end of this period, the Council will decide whether the Governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia have complied with mesures above, and, accordingly, whether to extend these measures for a further period with the same conditions; decides also that the measures imposed shall be terminated immediately if the Secretary-General reports that a peaceful definitive settlement of the conflict has been concluded.

Adopted unanimously, 4144th meeting

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