You will, today during the workshop, be provided with guidance to enable you to fulfil, in an effective manner, your obligations under the Targeted Financial Sanctions Regime. The United Nations has during the past decades imposed a number of sanctions regimes. Sanctions, in fact, are important tools in the hands of the international community to promote international peace and security.
Financial infrastructure and financial ecological environment were improved gradually. Modern payment and settlement system has been preliminarily established, and the building of financial legal system, financial institutions' corporate governance, accounting and auditing standards has achieved considerable progress. Financial safety network has been preliminarily established as well, and prudential supervision was becoming increasingly important.