The UN Community used to be a Twitter wasteland but use of the social media platform is growing.
China and Japan are caught in a classic security dilemma, one that digs up historical contentions and evokes nationalistic fervor at the risk of trade and stability.
The fact that a standing humanitarian exemption was added from the outset in the Haiti sanctions regime signals a shift within the UNSC toward recognizing the need to anticipate and mitigate the adverse impacts of sanctions on humanitarian action.
A well-crafted humanitarian carve-out could ensure a more robust and credible 1267 sanctions regime while also addressing the need for humanitarian assistance, especially given the increasingly recognized linkages between terrorism and armed conflict.
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