1999
Speakers Address Question of Sanctions in Assembly's General Debate (September 30, 1999)
Excerpts from a UN press release concerning a General Assembly debate on the sanctions in Libya, Iraq, and Cuba.
Annual Report of the Secretary General - Section on Sanctions (August 31, 1999)
A short excerpt in which the Secretary General advocates improvement in UN sanctions policy.
Notes to Security Council Resolution Regarding Iraq (January 30, 1999)
The Council recommends the creation of three panels, chaired by Ambassador Celso Amorim of Brazil, which would study weapons monitoring, issues of Kuwaiti property, and the humanitarian situation in Iraq.
Work
of the Sanctions Committees (January 29, 1999)
Notes of the president of the Security Council, Ambassador Celso Amorim, in
document S/1999/92 on practical proposals to improve the work of the sanctions
committees.
Security Council Briefing on Increased Danger Faced by Humanitarian Staff (January 21, 1999)
Press release on a briefing by the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
1998
Council Meets in Open Session
to Consider Situation in Sierra Leone (December 18, 1998)
Press release describing a Security Council briefing by the chairman of the
Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee.
Issue
Paper Concerning Sanctions Imposed by the Security Council (October 30, 1998)
The Chairmen of the Sanctions Committees circulated this "non-paper"
in the Council as the forerunnner to the establishment of the UN Working Group
on General Issues on Sanctions.
Security Council Resolution 1196 (1998) (September 16, 1998)
Security Council resolution on the effectiveness of arms embargoes.
Annual Report of the Secretary General on the Work of the Organization (August 27, 1998)
A section of the SG report discussing sanctions.
UN Condemns Unilateral Economic Sanctions(April 10, 1998)
The UN Human Rights Commission votes against unilateral coercive measures.
Inter-Agency Standing Committee to the
Security Council on the Humanitarian Impact of Sanctions (February 23, 1998)
A letter of the Secretary General to the Security Council that highlights
the work of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. The agency recommends to
the Security Council that the humanitarian impact of sanctions must be considered
before their implementation.(S/1998/147)
Working Paper on Sanctions by the Russian
Federation (January 30, 1998)
Paper submitted to the UN Charter Review Committee, on basic conditions and
criteria for the introduction of sanctions and other coercive measures and
their implementation.
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