UN sanctions on North Korea
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 20, 2018
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Capping a week of neck-wrenching U-turns by the president of the United States after his pro-Russia speech in Helsinki on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the 15-member United Nations Security Council in New York on July…
- Categories: Geopolitics, Human Rights, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Enrico Carisch
- • January 11, 2018
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With the Security Council’s unanimous vote to expand United Nations sanctions on North Korea on Dec. 22, President Trump appeared to add another high point to a victorious final week of 2017 based on his tax reform in United…
- Categories: Middle East, Nikki Haley Watch, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Enrico Carisch and Loraine Rickard-Martin
- • December 1, 2017
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With only few of the current United Nations sanctions cases accomplishing their political objectives, it is not unreasonable to wonder why the system seems broken. As the 50th anniversary of the first use of this important political tool is duly…
- Categories: Libya, Nuclear Disarmament, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Opinion by Enrico Carisch
- • November 5, 2017
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If an investment, shareholding, credit or other financing tool benefits an enterprise or an individual that is  somehow violating a United Nations arms embargo or is committing atrocities, terrorist acts or proliferating weapons of mass destructions, is such an…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Kacie Candela
- • September 11, 2017
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed an American-led resolution on Sept. 11, imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea, including a naval blockade and oil embargo, despite wariness from China and Russia. While the final resolution is a much-watered-down…
- Categories: Asia, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council
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