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PRESS RELEASE
Washington,
D.C., March 21, 2008
The
Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement Adopts a Statement on the
Imposition of Unilateral Sanctions against the Republic of Belarus
The
Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement has unanimously adopted a
statement on the imposition of unilateral sanctions against the Republic of
Belarus.
The
statement reads, in particular, that the “the Coordinating Bureau of the
Non-Aligned Movement expresses its grave concern over the decision announced
by a UN Member State to impose economic sanctions against the Republic of
Belarus, a Member State of the Movement”.
Additionally, the statements says that “the Non-Aligned Movement reiterates
the need to eliminate unilateral application of economic and trade measures
by one State against another that affect the free flow of international
trade. The Movement urges States that have and continue to apply such laws
and measures to refrain from promulgating and applying them in conformity
with their obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and
international law, which, inter alia, reaffirm the freedom of trade”.
 The
full text of the Statement
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