translate English to French: The international community knew that those sanctions had political objectives and that if they had not yet been lifted it was because of the stubbornness of the great power which dominated the Organization and was using it for its own ends.
La communauté internationale sait que ces sanctions visaient des objectifs politiques et que, si elles n'ont pas encore été levées, c'est en raison de l'entêtement de la grande puissance qui domine l'Organisation et l'utilise à ses propres fins.