https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article360.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article360.html 2007-10-16T12:33:01Z text/html en Julien Levesque <p>On October 5, 2007, the US ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, pushed for UN sanctions against Myanmar, while Western representatives were circulating a draft statement for a UN resolution. This brings up the question of the available means to pressurise the Burmese junta towards democracy, as well as that of the efficiency of sanctions. <br class='autobr' /> A Long History of Sanctions <br class='autobr' /> In reaction to the recent bloody repression, the European Union and the United States have pushed towards UN sanctions (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique36.html" rel="directory">October 13, 2007</a>