Arms embargo
An arms embargo is a restriction or a set of sanctions that applies either solely to weaponry or also to "dual-use technology." An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes: to signal disapproval of the behavior of a certain actor to maintain neutrality in an ongoing conflict as a peace mechanism that is part of a peace process to resolve an armed conflict to limit the ability of an actor to inflict violence on others to weaken a country's military capabilities before a foreign intervention == Historical examples == === Argentina === US President Jimmy Carter imposed an arms embargo on the military government of Argentina in 1977 in response to human rights abuses. An arms embargo was put in place, along with other economic sanctions by the European Economic Community (EEC), within a week of the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic.