Sentence examples for allowing sanctions from inspiring English sources

If Israel, in a nod to allowing sanctions and diplomacy to work, allows Iran to get past the point where it can effectively strike, it will have handed over its fate to the United States.

The souring of the ties accelerated last year when the US passed legislation allowing sanctions against Russia for human rights violations and Moscow blocked the adoption of Russian babies by Americans.

But on April 19th new EU-wide regulations are to be published that will implement last December's first UN resolution, allowing sanctions to be imposed against named companies and individuals.

But in those 30 days, a ban on Americans adopting Russian children sped through Parliament and into law, part of a hastily developed package of measures retaliating against a new American law allowing sanctions on Russians identified as human-rights violators.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday allowing sanctions on three North Korean organisations and 10 individuals.

The resolution would have allowed sanctions to be imposed on the Assad regime under chapter 7 of the UN Charter.

The UN has no further penalties to impose on Iraq for obstructing the inspectors, and the perception remains that America will never allow sanctions to be relaxed.

"Russia has still the opportunity to fulfil its Minsk commitments to choose the path of de-escalation, which could allow sanctions to be rolled back.

Unfortunately, a bipartisan bill that would have allowed sanctions against countries and banks that operate as money-laundering havens was stopped last year by Senator Phil Gramm.

Mr. Sarkozy, for his part, agreed to allow sanctions to kick in more automatically when governments break the rules, something he had tried to water down to nothing in earlier summits.

American officials have made reciprocal visits to Jerusalem, arguing that Israel and the West have more time and should allow sanctions and covert actions to deter Iran's plans.