1.   Delegates also agreed to the phased lifting of sanctions in categories to be determined by the newly elected NEC.

2.   The major formal sanction in the hands of the government is the power of appointment and dismissal over boards and chief executives of public enterprises.

3.   And, as in Yugoslavia, sanctions in Iraq have increased local corruption by making legitimate trade so difficult.

4.   As a result, Washington has kept some sanctions in place, including trade restrictions imposed last week on India and Pakistan.

5.   Avellone said he expects the federal government to lift the sanction in the next two months.

6.   A panel on international sanctions in Afghanistan said on Friday that border patrols of all neighboring nations needed to be strengthened to stop the export of Islamic militancy.

7.   A supporter of sanctions in the past against Cuba, Buchanan said conditions had changed with the fall of Soviet communism.

8.   Advocates of the bill say that requiring cash-only deals would be almost the same as keeping the sanctions in place.

9.   Administration officials have also acknowledged that if the United States uses its veto to keep sanctions in force, over time they could erode.

10.   Burke said he told Campbell not to bother him with sanctions not in the rule book.