51.   Iraq claims the inspectors refuse to do so on orders of the United States, which sees the sanctions as a weapon against Saddam.

52.   Iraq maintains it no longer has banned weapons and is demanding the abolition of U.N. sanctions as a condition for the return of arms inspectors.

53.   Last week, Human Rights Watch criticized the sanctions as self-serving and accused Russia, Iran and Pakistan of prolonging the civil war.

54.   Most of the EU nations see the sanctions as not particularly effective against the government but serve only to anger and hurt ordinary Serbs.

55.   Most of the countries that backed the sanctions as a means of pressuring Buyoya to negotiate with the rebels and return to civilian rule have acknowledged they are ineffective.

56.   Mutasa described the limited travel sanctions as another plot by foreign forces to help the opposition.

57.   On Saturday, Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev denounced the sanctions as groundless and said Russia would not back down from contacts with Syria.

58.   Regional leaders are under pressure now from the United States and Europe to relax the sanctions as a show of support for modest concessions by Buyoya.

59.   Sanctions as an instrument of international pressure have fallen into disfavor within the United Nations.

60.   Some accused the administration of pursing the trade sanctions as a way of shoring up its shaky support among blue-collar union workers and Ross Perot voters.