How Has Saddam Hussein Survived? Economic Sanctions, 1990-1993

Abstract

Sanctions have lately become a mechanism of choice for addressing international disputes-but do they work? In its first 45 years, the Security Council of the United Nations (U.N.) had imposed sanctions only twice-on Rhodesia in 1966 and on South Africa in 1977. Then in August 1991 the Security Council put comprehensive sanctions on Iraq (Resolution 661). These were followed in 1991-92 by arms embargoes on the republics of the former Yugoslavia (Resolution 713, September 1991) and Somalia (Resolution 733, January 1992). That spring Libya was put under an arms embargo, a ban on aircraft flights, and a requirement to reduce diplomatic staff (Resolution 748, March 1992). The sanctions against Yugoslavia (consisting then only of Serbia and Montenegro) were widened to include many economic and financial transactions (Resolution 757, May 1992, and Resolution 787, November 1992). Even the Organization of American States, for the first time in its history, imposed sanctions-on Haiti in October 1991.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA271675

Entities

People

  • Patrick Clawson

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Petroleum
  • Public Health
  • Recreation
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies