U.N. Sanctions Against Iraq: Measures of Specific Deprivation

Elias Davidsson

February 2004

Abstract: By imposing economic sanctions, a general mechanism was set in motion to cripple Iraq's economy and cause shortages to be felt by the population. Banning or restricting oil exports from Iraq, prohibiting the shipment of goods to Iraq, banning financial transactions with Iraq and freezing the assets of Iraqi nationals in other countries, constituted a general mode of deprivation, discussed elsewhere. This account provides evidence of measures of specific deprivation imposed on the people of Iraq by the Sanctions Committee established by the U.N. Security Council.

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Sub-headings:

1 A mechanism for specific deprivation: The Sanctions Committee

2 Denying supplies for water-treatment and distribution and sewage plants

3 Denying items for repairing and rehabilitating the electric power system

4 Impairing domestic food production

5 Restricting Iraqi imports of foodstuffs

6 Denying equipment for the health system

7 Denying transportation and communications equipment for the health

system

8 Denying medical supplies and equipment

9 Restricting imports of medicines and vaccines

10 Denying raw materials for the production of medical items

11 Denying items to ensure a safe living and working environment

12 Denying items for the educational sector

13 Denying items for the oil industry

Conclusions

Attachments:

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