The press release says that, during the last three years, the U.S. government has quietly licensed the commercial export of more than $28.3 million worth of military technology to South Africa, despite the mandatory United Nations arms embargo, according to a report published jointly by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Washington Office on Africa (WOA). The report, "Military Exports to South Africa -- A Research Report on the Arms Embargo," based in part on material released to AFSC under the Freedom of Information Act, charges that government-approved exports of arms technology on the State Department's Munitions List are a grave violation of the UN arms embargo. The...
The press release says that, during the last three years, the U.S. government has quietly licensed the commercial export of more than $28.3 million worth of military technology to South Africa, despite the mandatory United Nations arms embargo, according to a report published jointly by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Washington Office on Africa (WOA). The report, "Military Exports to South Africa -- A Research Report on the Arms Embargo," based in part on material released to AFSC under the Freedom of Information Act, charges that government-approved exports of arms technology on the State Department's Munitions List are a grave violation of the UN arms embargo. The press release quotes Thomas Conrad of NARMIC (National Action/Research on the Military-Industrial Complex). Contacts on the press release are Kimberly Everett of AFSC and Ken Zinn of WOA.
