21.   This was only the fourth time on which the UN had imposed sanctions, the previous occasions being sanctions against Rhodesia, South Africa and Iraq.

22.   The EC demanded JNA withdrawal from Bosnia-Hercegovina and the reopening of Sarajevo airport, and threatened the international isolation of, and sanctions against, Yugoslavia.

23.   The situation in Kosovo, however, remained confrontational, while international sanctions against the FRY prompted new austerity measures.

24.   Berisha met with President George Bush and told him that Albania fully supported economic sanctions against Serbia, in spite of their high cost to Albania.

25.   Cosic demanded the lifting of sanctions against the FRY.

26.   This traffic was the object of UN toleration in spite of being theoretically in contravention of UN sanctions against Iraq.

27.   Commentators claimed that the UN would implement its threat of economic sanctions against the Khmers Rouges if they failed to comply with the deadline.

28.   The decision came days before the Bush administration was due to impose sanctions against Japan for its commercial exploitation of the turtle.

29.   In a report on sea pollution, the committee declared that existing legal sanctions against discharges were virtually ineffective and did not act as a deterrent.

30.   The UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency has asked the European Commission and European Parliament to impose sanctions against Taiwanese goods.