international sanctions

Average income per person is one of the lowest in the world after years of state control of the economy and international sanctions.

EU President Van Rompuy said the purpose of international sanctions against Iran is to bring it back to the negotiating table.

North Korea must end its nuclear weapons program or face further isolation and international sanctions, she said.

Seoul is likely to pull out of its few remaining economic projects with the North and seek other international sanctions.

During the 1990 "s, however, the system deteriorated due to overall neglect, international sanctions and Iraq" s engagement in two wars.

In turn, North Korea has dropped its insistence that international sanctions be lifted as a precondition to any new talks.

Russia has also continued to stymie U. S. efforts to impose tough international sanctions on Iran and Syria.

Obama also said he supports a variety of international sanctions against Iran.

These commitments would have the force of domestic law, but would not be subject to international sanctions.

However, sustained international sanctions and condemnation began to show positive results in recent months.

Despite international sanctions being imposed as a result of its perceived misbehavior, aid continues to flow to North Korea from China.

Park says if the ship does return to the North, it will bolster the impression that international sanctions against Pyongyang are effective.

But with international sanctions taking a bite out of the economy, it seems Dear Leader has been decidedly less generous this year.

Mr Pour-Mohammadi heads a committee set up to soften the impact of international sanctions against Iran.

Any effort to convince China to join international sanctions might also have to be weakened in key points.

Pyongyang's economic ambitions come in the face of tough international sanctions on its nuclear arms programme.

International sanctions mean none will be able to return while the current regime is still in place.

China did go along, a little reluctantly, with a new package of international sanctions on Iran.

In response, Pyongyang threatened "strong measures" , including war, if the South attempted to ratchet up international sanctions.

Pyongyang rejected the claim as a "fabrication" and threatened war if international sanctions were imposed.

Beijing joined international sanctions after North Korea's 2006 missile test, but trades $2. 8bn a year with Pyongyang.

Zimbabwe's three leading figures have condemned international sanctions on the country at a World Economic Forum conference in Tanzania.

Currently, they have been smuggling refined oil to Iran undermining international sanctions against Tehran.

The North said its latest moves were in response to tightened international sanctions.

Myanmar s military government has faced ever - tightening international sanctions since 1997, when the U.

For North Korea to enjoy reduced international sanctions and greater integration, it must take "serious steps" on the nuclear issue.

Isolation, international sanctions and the removal of subsidies all herald rocky times ahead for Iran's redoubtable and durable president.

BP declined to confirm the report but said: "We fully comply with any international sanctions imposed in countries where we operate. "

Turkey has been closer to the west than to China or Russia in seeking international sanctions against Syria.

Gadhafi in the west faces 'very hard shortages' due to international sanctions.

The country has been under international sanctions for years, preventing it from buying new aircraft or spare parts from the West.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il turns 69 today, his country beset by international sanctions, livestock disease and the aftermath of floods.

International sanctions have hit other sources of hard currency.

He has worked with two difficult great powers, Russia and China, to build a credible international sanctions regime.

U. S. hopes international sanctions and other non-military means isolated Gaddafi regime, and ultimately allowed only one way to step down.

The talks ended in 2009 when North Korea withdrew, angry over international sanctions that followed a long-range missile test.

Because they are described as "humanitarian development, " the deals circumvent the various international sanctions.

Iran is effectively closed , because of international sanctions and pressure from the US .

It said neither the cargo nor the end user company is on any international sanctions list.

International sanctions also make life difficult, delaying the importation of scientific equipment, for example, and increasing isolation.

North Korea already is chafing from international sanctions tightened last year in the wake of widely condemned nuclear and missile tests.