Sentence examples for approve sanctions from inspiring English sources

At the time the US Congress, concerned about allegations of widespread human rights abuses, was poised to approve sanctions against the military regime.

At the United Nations, Mark Lyall Grant, the British ambassador, confirmed that political directors from the six countries that could approve sanctions against Tehran had consulted by telephone on Wednesday and that China had finally "agreed to engage substantively on the issue".

But the ease with which it had operated until then illustrates a key hurdle facing the United States: even if diplomatic challenges can be overcome to persuade countries with significant economic ties to Iran, like China, to approve sanctions, it is virtually impossible to make an embargo airtight.

President Ronald Reagan had at the time refused to approve sanctions against South Africa, but he was finally pressured into doing so.

In the long and so far unsuccessful international effort to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program, China has been reluctant to approve sanctions or take other harsh measures against its client state.

May 1: The U.N. Security Council approves sanctions.

In November 2017, the European Union also approved sanctions against Caracas.

At year's end the Security Council approved sanctions on Eritrea for aiding Somali insurgents and continuing its conflict with Djibouti.

If Iran continues enriching uranium, Germany is edging towards approving sanctions that go beyond targeting goods related to nuclear proliferation.

They approved sanctions and a delegation of three EU foreign ministers helped negotiate a peace deal in Kiev.

On Tuesday, the Security Council approved sanctions against four Sudanese men — one government soldier and three militants from different warring factions, both pro- and antigovernment.