About:
- Background: The Security Council can take action to maintain or restore international peace and security under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
- Types:
- Security Council Sanctions measures, under Article 41, encompass a broad range of enforcement options that do not involve the use of armed force.
- These range from comprehensive economic and trade sanctions to more targeted measures such as arms embargoes, travel bans, and financial or commodity restrictions.
- Objective: The Security Council has applied sanctions to support peaceful transitions, deter non-constitutional changes, constrain terrorism, protect human rights and promote non-proliferation.
UN Security Council's Sanctions Committees:
- Article 29 of the United Nations Charter sets out that the Security Council may establish subsidiary bodies (committees or working groups) as needed for the performance of its functions.
- One of them is Sanctions Committees which comprises of the 15 members of the Council whose mandate is to impose sanctions.
