Sudan: UN Rights Expert Welcomes U.S. Decision to Lift Most Unilateral Sanctions On Sudan

19 January 2017

A United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the decision of President Barack Obama to lift most sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States on Sudan.

"By lifting sanctions on Sudan, after adopting similar decisions on Cuba and Iran, President Obama will be remembered as a leader who listened to the international community and stakeholders, in particular the poor and the wretched who were the unintended main victims of such measures," said Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, in a press release.

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