VOL. XLII

No 42

18-October-1999

IRAQ

The Impact Of UN Sanctions On Iraqs Oil Industry

by 'Abd al-Amiral-Anbari

The following is the text of a paper presented by Dr. 'Abd al-Amir al-Anbari at the APS conference in Beirut on 4-6 October 1999. Dr. Anbari is an international legal consultant and former Ambassador of Iraq to the United Nations and UNESCO.

Economic sanctions, as the former President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson put it, "provide a peaceful, silent and deadly remedy." In quoting...