Quick facts

Types of UN sanctions


Most common types of UN sanctions:

Arms embargoes

Asset freezes


Travel bans


Commodity sanctions


Diplomatic sanctions


Transportation sanctions


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Most commonly used combination of UN sanctions:

Arms embargo + Asset freeze + Travel ban

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Least common type of UN sanctions:

Secondary country sanctions
  • Used in only 5% of all cases
  • Effective when applied

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The use of different types of sanctions across cases & episodes: