Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council regretted that the armed groups in eastern Congo were still armed and demanded that they disarm immediately. It decided that measures in Resolution 1596 (2005) relating to the arms embargo and financial and travel sanctions would apply to political and military leaders of foreign armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and leaders receiving support from outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The measures would by reviewed by 31 July 2006.