1. Earlier this week, the Swedish ambassador to the United Nations, Pierre Schori, formally asked the committee to review the sanctions list. 2. Honda Motor Corp. delayed one shipment of its Acura models, also on the sanctions list, before continuing its normal export schedule. 3. Mitsubishi Motors said it was cutting back on production of the Diamante, the only of its models cited in the U.S. sanctions list. 4. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott has also argued strongly that the sanctions list should be published immediately, and that it should have teeth. 5. The Diamante is the only Mitsubishi model cited in the U.S. sanctions list. 6. The Diamante is the only Mitsubishi model on the U.S. sanctions list. 7. The final sanctions list, if it ever goes into effect, would be much smaller than the preliminary list. 8. They have also become Exhibit A in a broader French-led effort at the United Nations to review the sanctions lists. 9. Afghan airline, central bank will be taken off sanctions list as Washington moves to unblock frozen Afghan assets. 10. Companies on the sanction list are barred from receiving any U.S. aid or making any deals with the U.S. government. |