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United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact
Thursday 28 February 2008 13:30 to 14:30
Location
Chatham House, London
Participants
- Professor Peter Wallensteen, Dag Hammarskjöld Chair in Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University (1985-); co-editor, International Sanctions: Between Words and Wars in the Global System (2005)
- Paul Holtom, Researcher, Arms Transfers Project, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Discussant: Alex Vines, Head, Africa Programme, Chatham House; arms investigator and Chair of the UN Group of Experts on Cote d'Ivoire (2005-07); diamond investigator for the UN Panel of Experts on Liberia (2001-03); author, 'Can UN arms embargoes in Africa be effective?' (International Affairs, November 2007)
- Chair: Dr Claire Spencer, Head, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
Type: Members event
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in January said sanctions should be imposed on armies and groups that use child soldiers. The most imposed sanction by the UN is the arms embargo, especially in the Middle East and Africa. UN arms embargoes have been criticised as having a limited impact on reducing arms flows to their targets or improving target behaviour. The presenters will discuss the findings of their recently published report 'UN Arms Embargoes: Their Impact'.
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