Or that the U.N. Security Council would unanimously approve sanctions.

Upon her return to the United States, she urged Reagan to approve economic sanctions against South Africa.

The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, EU diplomats said on Thursday.

Nor is it clear that China, which holds a veto in the council, would approve sanctions.

Last year the House approved far-more stringent sanctions but the bill died without reaching the full Senate.

Republicans and Democrats alike approved tough new sanctions against Burma this year, by a vote of 97 to 1 in the Senate.

He was called a tyrant throughout the hemisphere, Washington cut some aid, and the Organization of American States approved sanctions.

As a result of the committee's report, the Senate unanimously approved comprehensive sanctions on Iraq.

The second and more important reason is that the United States may approve further economic sanctions against China.

But legal experts suggested one goal might be to give Judge Jackson second thoughts before approving such sanctions.