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The resolution has several provisions. It limits the North Korean import of refined petroleum to 500,000 barrels for each 12-month period, starting on 1 January 2018. [2] A ban was also imposed on the export of food, machinery, electrical equipment, earth and stones, wood and vessels from North Korea, and export of industrial equipment, machinery, transportation vehicles and industrial metals ...
On 19 August 2020, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that his government intends to utilize the so-called snapback provision in ¶11 of the document, in which any member of the JCPOA can "demand the restoration of all UN sanctions". The motion for the snapback, which is intended in case of significant Iranian non-compliance with the ...
The resolution imposes several full sectoral bans on exports North Korea uses to fund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, namely: [9] [2] [4] [3] A ban on its largest export, coal, representing a loss to North Korea of over $401 million in revenues per year; [9] A ban on iron and iron ore exports, worth roughly $250 million per year; [9]
Azza Air Transport, former Cargo airline, in the SDN List. The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers).
The UN voted for sanctions twelve times in the 1990s alone. [9] According to Thomas G. Weiss, the soar in sanctions can be attributed to the shift in attitudes as a consequence of the end of the Cold War, where there was a "newfound willingness" from UN member nations to "intrude in issues that were once off-limits". [7]
United Nations Security Council resolution 1591, adopted on 29 March 2005, after recalling resolutions 1547 (2004), 1556 (2004), 1564 (2004), 1574 (2004), 1585 (2005), 1588 (2005) and 1590 (2005) on the situation in Sudan, the council placed a travel ban and asset freeze on those "impeding the peace process" in Darfur.
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." [38] United States. The U.S. tried to impose sanctions on any countries that contravened the UN arms embargo on Iran. [34]