VOL. XLV

No 23

10-June-2002

IRAQ

Iraq Sanctions Saga Continues AmidPolicy Confusion

By Colin Rowat

Thefollowing article on Security Council resolution 1409 concerning Iraqisanctions was written for MEES by Professor Colin Rowat, Department of Economics, the University ofBirmingham, UK <c.rowat@bham.ac.uk>

On 14 May, the Security Councilunanimously approved resolution 1409, modifying the sanctions on Iraq by adopting the Goods Review List (GRL) procedurefirst proposed last May. This initiative...