UN Sanctions

Use of Sanctions Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter
Posted by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General (OSSG).

Sanctions: an analysis
Written by James Paul of GPF

Bibliography on Sanctions
A short bibliography of printed materials containing most of the key books.

"Peace Through Sanctions?" by Manfred Kulessa and Dorothee Starck Text of a statement published by the Development and Peace Foundation of Germany in January 1998.

Statement on Sanctions by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (December, 1997)
A very important statement by a highly-respected UN body, chaired by Prof. Philip Alston of Australia.

Statement on Sanctions by General Assembly Working Group (1996)
Provisionally-agreed text of June 10, 1996 is one of the most important intergovernmental initiatives in the effort to bring fairness and the rule of law to sanctions.

Toward More Humane and Effective Sanctions Management: Enhancing the United Nations System
October 1997 paper published by The Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies (Brown University). By Larry Minear, David Cortright, Julia Wagler, George A. Lopez, and Thomas G. Weiss.
 
Basic Conditions and Criteria for the Introduction of Sanctions and other Coercive Measures and their Implementation
30 January 1998 Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization  26 January-6 February 1998
 
Sanctioning Madness: A Rotten Core
November - December 1997 in Foreign Affairs - by Richard N. Haass

Member states must share responsibility for economic effects of sanctions on third states
30 September 1996, Press Release UN General Assembly/L/3005, Sixth Committee

Boutros Boutros-Ghali:  "UN Sanctions Cause Suffering"
UN Press Release January the 5th 1996