31.   Still, sanctions have had some effect, especially on those with fixed incomes.

32.   Still, Arab governments contend the U.S.-backed sanctions are having a disastrous impact on the Iraqi people.

33.   The council imposed a weapons and fuel embargo on UNITA four years ago, but the sanctions have had little effect because many countries have ignored them.

34.   The government has said sanctions would have to be part of an international decision.

35.   The international furor, though, should not obscure the impact that these sanctions will have.

36.   The main impact the sanctions had on Iran was to increase costs due to fewer foreign companies bidding for projects, he said.

37.   The new sanctions will have very limited economic effect because of a U.S. embargo against Iran and earlier U.S. sanctions against Iran and Pakistan, Boucher said.

38.   The sanctions have put both in short supply in Iraq.

39.   The sanctions would have to be imposed by the Commonwealth and the European Union working together, Goff said.

40.   The sanctions have increased land crossings from Libya into Tunisia, which borders Libya on the east.