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The U.S. does not maintain a specific list of countries that U.S. persons cannot do business with because its sanctions program varies in scope depending on the sanctions program. Although some sanctions programs are broad and target entire jurisdictions ("comprehensively sanctioned jurisdictions"), most are "targeted" sanctions and focus on ...
The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on a China-based network for helping North Korea develop its ballistic missile and space programs, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The six ...
The Biden admin unveiled sanctions on Iran’s missile and drone programs after U.N. sanctions ended. The U.S. has said Iran is complicit in the Hamas attack on Israel.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge on Tuesday for her role in the detention of human-rights activist Alexei Gorinov over his opposition to Russia's ...
European leaders warned that to inflict U.S. sanctions on countries not complying with the reimposed UN ones was legally invalid. [34] On 20 September 2020, Britain, France, and Germany claimed that all UN sanctions relief on Iran would be terminated. "We have worked tirelessly to preserve the nuclear agreement and remain committed to doing so ...
For the first 45 years of the United Nations' history, sanctions were only imposed twice: once against Rhodesia in 1966 and then against South Africa in 1977. [6] [7] From 1991, there was a sharp increase in their usage. [8] The UN voted for sanctions twelve times in the 1990s alone. [9]
VIENNA (Reuters) -A top U.S. sanctions official will this week warn Austria and Raiffeisen Bank International of the dangers of doing business in Russia, piling pressure on the biggest Western ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 was unanimously passed by the United Nations Security Council on 23 December 2006. [1] The resolution, sponsored by France, Germany and the United Kingdom, [2] imposed sanctions against Iran for failing to stop its uranium enrichment program following resolution 1696. It banned the supply of ...