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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2713 was adopted on 1 December 2023. According to the resolution, the Security Council voted to renew the sanctions regime on Somalia-based Al-Shabaab until 15 December 2024. [1] [2] France abstained from voting.
Adopting resolution 2023 (2011), under Chapter VII of the Charter, by a vote of 13 in favour to none against, with 2 abstentions (China, Russian Federation), the Council demanded that Eritrea cease all direct or indirect efforts to destabilize States, and decided that States shall "undertake appropriate measures to promote the exercise of ...
For the first 45 years of the United Nations' history, sanctions were only imposed twice: once against Rhodesia in 1966 and then against South Africa in 1977. [6] [7] From 1991, there was a sharp increase in their usage. [8] The UN voted for sanctions twelve times in the 1990s alone. [9]
The Taiwan Affairs Office announced its first sanction under the new law in November 2021, and the Ministry of Commerce announced its first Unreliable Entity List designation in February 2023. As of August 2024, over 100 individuals and entities have been sanctioned by China.
Countries on the unfriendly countries list would not receive reciprocity for copyrighted goods. [ 23 ] In March 2023, Russia announced that people from unfriendly countries will be subject to a "voluntary" exit tax of up to 10 percent to be paid into the Russian federal budget, on the sale of shares in Russian companies. [ 24 ]
The leaders of four armed gangs in Haiti, including one who is the target of a $2 million FBI bounty and forced the evacuation of personnel from the U.S. Embassy this summer, have been hit with ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2695 was adopted on 31 August 2023. According to the resolution, the Security Council voted to extend the mandate of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2024. [1] [2] Thirteen members of the Council voted in favor, while China and Russia abstained.
The United Nations resolutions concerning Yemen have mainly dealt with the North Yemen Civil War, 1994 civil war in Yemen and Yemeni Civil War (2014–present). List of Security Council Resolutions [ edit ]