Tag

#NSM-20

National Security Memorandum 20, which required the State Department to assess whether recipients of U.S. arms were complying with international humanitarian law. Its rescission removed a key accountability mechanism for arms transfers.

1 incident

Updated March 26, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Emergency Arms Sales to Gulf States: $23 Billion Bypassing Congressional Review

Using emergency waivers under the Arms Export Control Act, the administration has bypassed Congress to approve massive arms sales to Gulf states, including to the UAE despite documented evidence of UAE weapons flowing to the RSF in Sudan's genocide. The simultaneous rescission of NSM-20 removed all human rights conditions from US arms transfers.

Sources
12
arms salescongressional bypassUAESudan genocideRSF