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The United States has imposed two-thirds of the world's sanctions since the 1990s. [1] In 2024, the Washington Post said that the United States imposed "three times as many sanctions as any other country or international body, targeting a third of all nations with some kind of financial penalty on people, properties or organizations". [2]
In 2024, the Netherlands ended arms shipments to Israel because of the fear that they may be used in violations of international humanitarian law by killing civilians and destroying residential areas in Gaza. [5] In February 2024, a Dutch court imposed a ban on the Netherlands government from delivering parts for the F-35 fighter aircraft to ...
The sanctions which the US imposes on countries on the list are: A ban on arms-related exports and sales. Controls over exports of dual-use items, requiring 30-day Congressional notification for goods or services that could significantly enhance the terrorist-list country's military capability or ability to support terrorism.
On March 23, 2024, Russia imposed sanctions on 56 Canadian officials and public figures, in what it said was "in response to sanctions continuously introduced by the liberal government of Justin Trudeau against Russian senior officials, representatives of the business community, academic circles and the civil society, and all those out of favor ...
In March 2022, in retaliation for sanctions imposed against Russia in response to their invasion of Ukraine, Russia added an additional 48 countries that had imposed sanctions against it to the unfriendly countries list. Creditors from countries on the list who sought to receive payments on debt were required to open a special bank account at a ...
Country Year introduced Summary Afghanistan: 2021: Sanctions against the Taliban government [2] Belarus: 2005: Sanctions against those affiliated with the Alexander Lukashenko government including Lukashenko [3] Burundi: 2015: Sanctions against Burundian government officials who are deemed to undermine democracy. [4] China: 2021
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US President Jimmy Carter imposed an arms embargo on the military government of Argentina in 1977 in response to human rights abuses. [2]An arms embargo was put in place, along with other economic sanctions by the European Economic Community (EEC), within a week of the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic. [3]