Our current approach to sanctions reflects a significant evolution in terms of learning over the past 25 years. It used to be that state practice looked at embargoes, basically sanctions, being a rather blunt instrument. The main driver behind the shift away from using sanctions as a blunt instrument was basically humanitarian considerations, that we were potentially harming vast populations as opposed to shifting state behaviour in a more targeted manner through a more targeted approach.
The international practice today.... I think you've heard this from various witnesses, including from Dr. Thomas Biersteker, who have spoken to this notion that we've very much honed in on tailored messages and on decision-makers and their associates in a specific country. That approach is seen to be perhaps a more effective way to bring about that behaviour that we're trying to shift, particularly in—