First targeted sanctions (pre-Cold War):
Southern Rhodesia (1966) & South Africa (1977)
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First targeted sanction (post-Cold War):
Former Republic of Yugoslavia (1991)
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First targeted sanctions to restore democratically elected government:
Haiti (1993)
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First sanction on non-state armed group:
UNITA in Angola (1997)
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First (non-oil) commodity export sanction:
Diamonds from Angola (1998)
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First individuals targeted by name:
Usama bin Laden and associates in Al-Qaida / Taliban (2000)
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First sanctions applied to limit nuclear proliferation:
DPRK (2006)
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First (and only) sanctions invoking R2P:
Libya (2011)
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First broad financial sector sanctions:
Libya (2011)