However, it will be an uphill battle to get the council to impose sanctions on Iran.
The big question then is whether the EU will go ahead and impose sanctions come March 1.
Under Afghanistan's electoral law, the ECC has the authority to impose sanctions if offenses have been committed.
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In such circumstances, diplomats believe, the United States would be obliged to impose sanctions on India too.
Additionally, Clinton is bound by U.S. law to impose sanctions on any state that explodes a nuclear bomb.
But Russia, a veto-wielding permanent member of the council, said it was not the time to impose sanctions.
It would have the power to impose sanctions, such as fines, censures and a ban on auditing public firms.
UN's secretary-general, urged the Security Council to impose sanctions on the two countries to force them out of Congo.
And he expressed surprise that the United Nations would impose sanctions and implement a travel ban based purely on media reports.
This means to publicly and strongly condemn abuses, and not hesitate to impose sanctions when issues are not addressed or corrected.
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America, in sharp contrast to some of its European allies, is prepared to impose sanctions that hurt its own economic interests.
The UN Security Council is to meet later on Monday, and is expected to impose sanctions against the two warring countries.
Either way, he does not expect the Americans to impose sanctions on Total, a French firm making a huge investment in Iran.
The UN Security Council has threatened to impose sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if the two nations fail to halt the recent violence.
The idea is to impose sanctions early in the process rather than at the end, when they would only exacerbate a country's fiscal problems.
This would have provided a chance to soothe Russian feelings at a time when America is seeking its help to impose sanctions against Iran.
But the U.S., Britain and other nations have said they will impose sanctions if Sudan prevents the peacekeepers from carrying out their mission in Darfur.
Indeed, although many governments in the EU say they support the Magnitsky campaign, none wants to attract Russian ire by being the first to impose sanctions.
Ireland has called for the EU to impose sanctions against Iceland for over-fishing, and talks in September between Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the EU were inconclusive.
Enforcement on the other hand refers to the ability of the public or the institution responsible for accountability to impose sanctions on the offending party (individual or institution).
After he fled abroad in 1994, Soyinka became a self-appointed diplomat who campaigned against Abacha's regime and encouraged Western countries to impose sanctions on the Nigerian government and its allies.
The BSC - which can adjudicate on complaints about TV and radio, but cannot impose sanctions against broadcasters - added it had also received a number of letters praising the series.
The United States has led a campaign at the United Nations to impose sanctions on the Taleban government, which ironically includes a ban on most air travel to and from Afghanistan.
But he called for reform of the stability of growth pact, arguing it needed to encompass public debt as well as deficits, and make it easier to impose sanctions on wayward signatories.
"To be an observer, you have to be objective and once you impose sanctions on one party, your objectivity goes up in smoke, " Mr Mumbengegwi, a Zanu-PF member, is quoted as saying.
But the association's voluntary aspect, along with the fact that it cannot impose sanctions for non-compliance like other international blocs such as the UN and EU, have led to criticisms that it lacks bite.
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He's trying to create a multilateral front to get everybody, our European allies and our Asian friends, particularly those on the Security Council, to all take the same approach toward Iran to impose sanctions multilaterally.
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The report expected today is likely to trigger, over the next few weeks, a push from the U.S. for the Security Council to impose sanctions against Iran that are broader than the sanctions that were approved in December.
In Scotland, the devolved administration has already tightened dog-control legislation, enabling enforcement officers to impose sanctions on the owners of out-of-control dogs and extending the criminal law on dog control to cover attacks taking place on private property.
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