Reporting requirement for embargoed countries

University administration supports academics in any cooperation with -critical- countries. The term embargo in the dictionary © Unsplash - Sandy Millar The Rectorate of the University of Münster has decided to introduce a general requirement that any cooperation with embargoed states must be reported. This will take effect from 1 January 2024. Accordingly, the Finance and Controlling Department is to be informed when academics want to enter into a cooperation with any of more than 30 countries on which the EU has imposed an embargo for foreign or security policy reasons - for example Yemen, Myanmar or North Korea. The resolution states that the embargoes serve "in particular to prevent the infringement of human rights and the spread of military goods in the embargoed states concerned". The embargoes regulate restrictions, authorisation requirements and prohibitions as regards collaboration with sanctioned persons and institutions as well as the exchange of certain goods and the knowledge associated with them. Depending on the objective, the measures stipulated in the embargoes vary greatly - from arms embargoes and other import and export restrictions to a ban on financial assistance.