21.   The action prompted the United States and other countries to announce punishing sanctions.

22.   The decision to hand over the suspects ended seven years of punishing sanctions against Libya and began what could be a lengthy trial process in the Netherlands.

23.   The inspectors must certify that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction before punishing economic sanctions on the country can be lifted.

24.   The inspectors must certify that Iraq has destroyed its weapons of mass destruction before the U.N. Security Council will lift the punishing sanctions.

25.   The Security Council has said that the punishing sanctions will stand until U.N. inspectors certify that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction.

26.   The United States had threatened to impose punishing sanctions on Japanese luxury cars unless Japan opened its markets to U.S. autos and auto parts.

27.   The U.N. Security Council has said the punishing sanctions cannot be lifted until U.N. inspectors certify Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction.

28.   The United Nations is ready to ease punishing sanctions in Serb-dominated Yugoslavia if Milosevic recognizes Croatia and Bosnia in their international borders.

29.   The United Nations is ready to ease punishing sanctions on Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia if Milosevic recognizes Croatia and Bosnia in their international borders.

30.   The U.N. Security Council has said it will not lift the punishing economic sanctions imposed on Iraq until the weapons have been destroyed.