Sentence examples for uphold sanctions from inspiring English sources

Earlier today, a bipartisan House Appropriations Committee unanimously voted to accept an amendment to uphold sanctions against the company.

"The policy of 'containment' of Saddam Hussein has been steadily eroding," they argued, and "we can no longer depend on our partners in the Gulf War coalition to continue to uphold sanctions".

While the U.S. has upheld sanctions against Iran for the last 35 years, Europe's have been in effect only since 2012.

The BVI are only obliged to uphold European sanctions extended by the UK to its offshore territories.

The Obama administration promised to uphold the sanctions but also to talk directly to the Burmese leadership, with the blessing of Miss Suu Kyi.This "pragmatic engagement" has undoubtedly yielded results.

Smith and the college's vice president for student services upheld all sanctions, and there is no further possibility of appeal.

It upheld the sanctions against Tanker Pacific and added two other entities, all indirectly owned by the Ofer family, that it said were responsible for the sale of the tanker to Iran.

The rational choice model of conformity maintains that, since norms are upheld by sanctions, compliance is a utility-maximizing strategy.

"The decision by the appellate tribunal to uphold the sanction, namely the suspension of registration of players for one year, is not competent in the view of the club and its legal advisers," he said.

Alabama appealed the ruling to the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee in late June, but was unsuccessful; the Committee upheld the sanctions in March 2010.

The 60-year-old former France international had hoped to attend the draw in Paris as the president of Uefa, but the court upheld the sanction that had been imposed by Fifa's ethics committee.