Security Council, we agreed on the need for Iran to uphold its international obligations or face increased sanctions and pressure, including U.N. sanctions.

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While the United States and Britain maintained the pressure on Iraq, the U.N.

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Sudan and South Sudan have been under increasing pressure from the African Union and U.N.

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But if the military tide were to turn against the SPLA-N there would be fierce popular pressure on the southern government to help it wholeheartedly.

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Under pressure from U.S. and U.N. peace negotiators, diplomats temporarily halted the offensive Tuesday.

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The U.N. sanctions were imposed in 1992 to put pressure on Libya to turn over suspects in the Lockerbie bombing.

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Over time and under pressure, Chinese diplomats helped persuade Sudan to accept a U.N.

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And the United Kingdom, the United States, and our other partners are putting a wide range of resources within -- consistent with the U.N. mandate -- in order to achieve that pressure.

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He said pressure on the Assad regime has been an obstacle to a fair U.N. investigation of the use of chemical weapons.

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The U.N. is determined to deny the United States such leverage and to insulate itself from further American pressure for systemic change.

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