Sentence examples for stringent arms from inspiring English sources

We have some of the most stringent arms control procedures of any country in the world," he replied.

Cameron repeated his claim that the UK had some of the most stringent arms control measures of any country anywhere in the world.

The export of any defence equipment is strictly regulated and the UK operates one of the most stringent arms control regimes in the world".

For the UK government, however, there are still the complications of the country's stringent arms export laws, which theoretically prevent it from providing support to buyers whose conduct risks violating humanitarian law.

A recent interview with a former British minister suggests that the presence of UK personnel at the planning cell is being used to justify arms transfers to Saudi Arabia from a country that boasts, as the spokesman we spoke to reminded us, one of the most stringent arms exports regimes in the world.

Armed with stringent United Nations requirements and the latest equipment, arms inspectors are picking up where their predecessors left off in the hide-and-seek world of deadly Iraqi weapons.

It would apply more stringent rules against the export of arms or torture equipment that could be used for internal repression.

Minto revived the government's power of deportation without trial in order to deal with the revolutionaries Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh, and he instituted stringent measures against those who advocated armed resistance to British rule.

"The bottom line is that no piece of kit is used for external aggression or internal repression," it said, adding that it believed the government's arms export licensing system was stringent and transparent.

Small OFCs and developing countries have been arm-twisted into adopting a stringent set of rules, which they have done mostly without kicking up a fuss for fear of being blacklisted.

"The regulators are now armed by parliament with far more stringent powers and penalties.