With regard to what we can do, we must, however, be careful even about talking of sanctions, because history shows that economic and trade sanctions have often strengthened regimes instead of weakening them, and that they have, in fact, weakened the people and, above all, the poorest of them.
Selles suhtes aga, mida teha saame, peame olema ettevaatlikud, isegi kui arutame sanktsioone, sest ajalugu näitab, et majandus- ja kaubandussanktsioonid on tihti nõrgestamise asemel tugevdanud, ning et need on tegelikult nõrgestanud inimesi ja eelkõige vaeseimaid neist.