Sentence examples for a complete embargo from inspiring English sources

A standardized global end-use certification scheme for weapons transfers could be useful, as would a complete embargo on all diamonds exported from Liberia.

Daveinchwell put the case for a complete embargo on the subject: In my book, laughing at child sex abuse is never OK.

Beijing does not wish to risk a North Korean collapse, and has limited tools with which to affect North Korea policy short of a complete embargo.

On Sunday, the European Union is putting in place a complete embargo of oil imports from Iran, which was the Continent's sixth-biggest supplier of crude in 2011.

You won't end up with a complete embargo, but an Iranian economy where it's already hard to fill your gas tank reliably will now face even more erratic supplies if the Americans pursue this as aggressively as they're signalling….

"If these things pass, they will certainly be a significant step toward a complete embargo," said Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, a Washington-based advocacy group that supports dialogue with Iran.

On September 25 , 1991 at the beginning of the Yugoslav wars, the United Nations Security Council issued Resolution 713, which established "a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Yugoslavia", with the goal of reducing violence and bloodshed throughout the country.

Along with Moscow, Beijing has balked at U.S. talk of a complete trade embargo.

Then I think we should levy a complete economic embargo against Cuba and, if necessary, support it with a military blockade.

They can start with their own unilateral punishments — asset freezes and travel bans for Mr. Assad and his top supporters and a complete arms embargo.

US considerably diluted its initial draft, which would have imposed a complete oil embargo and a partial naval blockade, to win support from China and Russia.