The U.N. Secretariat, which Mr. Guterres heads, provides support to the Security Council in implementing sanctions including establishing committees and panels of experts to monitor their implementation along with websites on the nature of sanctions and lists of those on sanctions blacklists. Mr. Guterres said the U.N. won’t take any action pending clarification by the Security Council on whether or not sanctions that have been lifted should be reimposed. "It’s very painful to see how a great country humiliates itself like this, opposes in its obstinate delirium other members of U.N. Security Council," he wrote on Twitter. China’s U.N. Mission tweeted: US unilateral announcement on the return of UN sanctions on IRAN is devoid of any legal, political or practical effect. The United States expects all U.N. member states to fully comply with their obligations to implement these measures, Pompeo said.

Source: The Hindu September 21, 2020 01:30 UTC