Global Sanctions Should Be Suspended in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic, UN Commissioner Says
Global sectoral sanctions should be suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic to ease pressures on health sectors in heavily sanctioned countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said March 24. Sanctions will impede medical efforts in countries subject…
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to strict sanctions, such as Iran, Bachelet said, where almost any transaction or export is heavily scrutinized. Humanitarian exemptions should “be given broad and practical effect, with prompt, flexible authorization for essential medical equipment and supplies,” she said in a statement. Bachelet said sanctions should also be suspended on Cuba, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.