Iraq
More than 10 years of comprehensive sanctions
against Iraq came to an end in May 2003. The experience of sanctions
against Iraq has been a matter of discussion for a decade among politicians,
sanctions scholars and the general public. There is now a unique opportunity
for the international community to study and evaluate the former measures
on Iraq, its consequences and effects. Thus, the work in the Stockholm
Process will continue with a pilot study, funded by the Swedish Foreign
Ministry, to identify how the UN sanctions and how the monitoring/enforcement
system in place against Iraq during sanctions, can be evaluated.
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Burma/Myanmar
The situation in Burma/Myanmar has been a source
of instability since the 1960s when the first military regime came
to power. In May 2003, the progress made so far regarding the democratic
dialogue between the military regime and the opposition came to an
end with the arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Both the
European Union and the United States imposed sanctions as a mean to
pressure the regime to return to the path of dialogue. The pilot study
has examined the current sanctions, the future of targeted sanctions
and the possibilities of supporting the democratic dialogue in the
case of Burma/Myanmar. The study was completed by April 2004.
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