In September 1990, the United Nations Security Council expanded the scope of sanctions to include a ban on air traffic to and from Iraq.
"There is a lot of support, including from the U.K., for those sanctions to include measures in the financial sector and on oil and gas investment," he added.
A new law signed by President Obama this month expands the sanctions to include shipping, shipbuilding and energy concerns, which are likely to hurt many Iranian industries, including construction, machinery and automaking.
Or maybe you didn't think of that?"President Barack Obama also signed a new executive order to extend sanctions to include three broad categories: Russian government officials, arms-sector figures and alleged Kremlin "cronies", as one American official put it.
EU foreign ministers did not agree to widen sanctions to include those entities supporting the Russian regime or agree to new restrictions on key sectors of the Russian economy such as oil and gas.
The international community needs to keep up the diplomatic pressure and broaden sanctions to include the energy sector until those enabling Mr. Assad — the military and the business community — force him out.
If China can be persuaded its big interests are jeopardised by Bashir's regime, Beijing could agree to a tightening of UN sanctions to include, for example, penalties on countries that support him.
A10 Sanctions Against Ivory Coast The Security Council voted unanimously to impose an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast and to extend sanctions to include forbidding travel and freezing assets of selected individuals in a month if a cease-fire agreement is not fully restored by then.
BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed Monday to impose a phased ban on oil purchases from Iran that officials said was needed to help force a shift in policy and avert the risk of military strikes against Tehran, as the United States expanded its sanctions to include the country's third-largest bank.
Page A8 TOUGHER SANCTIONS FOR IRAN The European Union agreed to impose a phased ban on oil purchases from Iran that officials said was needed to help force a shift in policy and avert the risk of military strikes against Iran, as the United States expanded its sanctions to include the country's third-largest bank.
