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sanctions

At COP27, Russia Shows Up With Oil Lobbyists and Demands Sanctions Relief

Anastasiia Carrier
• November 15, 2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine is casting a long shadow on the debates and negotiations at the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP27, happening now in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Russia has been using its participation at the forum…

Categories: Climate Change, Ukraine-Russia War

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

On Ghana’s Mind: Sanctions, COP27 and Terrorism in West Africa

Damilola Banjo
• November 2, 2022

Ambassador Harold Agyeman, Ghana’s permanent representative to the United Nations, said the jury was still out on the use of sanctions to bring Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, to heel over his decision to challenge the sovereignty of Ukraine. With…

Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Security Council Presidency, Terrorism, UN Peacekeeping

OPINIONS

How Global Sanctions Can Be Better Targeted to End Sexual Violence in War

Opinion by Daniel Salazar and Robert Nagel
• June 14, 2022

With the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict approaching on June 19, it is time for governments to push harder to impose targeted global sanctions against perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict….