11.   The two countries have been the main supporters of keeping punishing U.N. trade sanctions on Iraq.

12.   The U.N. inspectors must certify that Iraq has eliminated weapons of mass destruction before punishing trade sanctions are lifted.

13.   The U.N. Security Council has said that punishing trade sanctions imposed after the invasion will not be lifted until Iraq fulfills its obligations under the resolutions.

14.   Most of the commercial air traffic into Haiti has been stopped and the international community has imposed a punishing trade embargo on the already impoverished Caribbean nation.