with world leaders, despite US objections. People's Republic of China The United States and the European Union stopped exporting arms to China after 1989 after the violent suppression of protests in Tiananmen Square. In 2004 and 2005, there was some debate in the EU over whether to lift the embargo. South Africa UN Security Council Resolution 418 applied an arms embargo of South Africa in 1977 on dual-use items. The embargo was lifted by Resolution 919 in 1994. United States To protest the Vietnam War, Sweden imposed an arms embargo on the United States in 1966. That notably deprived Navy SEALs of the Carl Gustav m/45 submachine gun, which resulted in the creation of the Smith & Wesson M76. List of current arms embargoes The countries included in the list are under arms embargo of the UN or another international organization such as the EU and the OSCE and others) or a country. In some cases the arms embargo is supplemented by a general trade embargo, other sanctions (financial), or travel ban for specific persons. In some cases, the arms embargo applies to any entity residing or established in the country, but in others. it is partial with the recognized government's forces and international peacekeepers being exempted from the embargo. Arms embargo by UN Central African Republic (by UN), 2013– Democratic Republic of the Congo (by UN, EU), 2003/1993– (UN/EU) Iraq (by UN, EU), 1990– (no longer in effect U.N. council brings Iraq closer to end of 1990s sanctions) Libya (by UN) 2011– North Korea (by UN, EU), arms and luxury goods, 2006– Lebanon (by UN, EU), 2006– Somalia (by UN, EU), 1992/2002– (UN/EU) South Sudan (by UN) 2018– Sudan (by UN, EU), 2004/1994– (UN/EU) Former embargos Eritrea (by UN, EU), 2010–2018 Iran (by UN, EU), 2006–2020 Ivory Coast (by UN, EU), 2004–2016 Rwanda (by UN in Resolution 918 and EU) (UN: 1994–2008, EU) Sierra Leone (by UN and EU), 1997–2010 Yugoslavia (by UN in Resolution 713 and EU) (UN/EU: September 1991) Arms embargo by others Argentina (by the United Kingdom) 1982- Armenia (by OSCE), 1992– Azerbaijan (by OSCE), 1992– Cuba (by US), 1958– Myanmar (by EU), 1990– People's Republic of China (by EU/US), 1989– Guinea (by EU), 2009– Zimbabwe (by EU), 2002– Former embargos Syria (by EU), 2011–2013 Turkey (by USA) 1975–1978 Uzbekistan (by EU), 2005–2009 Vietnam (by US) 1984–1995 See also Arms control Arms Export Control Act (United