United Nations Sanctions

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
UNS
Pronunciation
/juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz ˈsæŋkʃənz/
Category
Business
Related Field
International Business

Examples in Context

  1. Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions
  2. The move was widely condemned by the international community as a violation of United Nations sanctions.
  3. Iran is reported to have expanded its nuclear program-despite the threat of United Nations sanctions.
  4. Libya faced years of United Nations sanctions until it finally surrendered the two suspects in the Lockerbie bombing.
  5. China joined the World Trade Organisation in 2002. It has led the international diplomacy to persuade North Korea to abandon its atomic weapons programme, and voted ( albeit reluctantly ) for three rounds of United Nations sanctions against Iran.

Other meanings of UNS

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Unilife Corporation Business
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