Policy Alternatives to Sanctions on Iraq

10-11 March 2001
Cambridge, UK

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Recordings of the conference

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The recordings of individual speakers are each about half an hour in duration; the question and answer sessions vary from 30 minutes to an hour.

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Speaker biographies are available on the biographies page.

First session: Geopolitics - Stability and Regional Security

• [16kbps | 64kbps] Dr Charles Tripp, Head of the Department of Political Studies, School of African & Oriental Studies (SOAS): "Iraq and Regional Order: Finding a Framework for Security"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Professor Tim Niblock, Head of the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter: "The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Regional Stability, and the Consequences of Lifting"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] George Joffé, Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge
• [16kbps | 64kbps] QUESTION+ANSWER SESSION

Second session: Military Sanctions - Targeting Capabilities

• [16kbps | 64kbps] Hussain Al-Shahristani, Chairman of Iraqi Refugee Aid Council, Former Chief Scientific Advisor to Iraqi Nuclear Energy Organisation: "Have Sanctions Eliminated Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Alistair Millar, Director, Washington DC Office of Fourth Freedom Forum: "Options for restructuring UN Sanctions on Iraq"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] QUESTION+ANSWER SESSION

Third session: Human Rights

• [16kbps | 64kbps] Siamand Banaa, Kurdistan Regional Government's Representative in the UK: "The Kurdish Safehavens: Past and Future under the Sanctions Regime"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Shorsh Haji
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Rehana Kirthisingha, Programme Officer from Christian Aid's Middle East Team
• [16kbps | 64kbps] QUESTION+ANSWER SESSION

Fourth session: Infrastructure Rebuilding and Humanitarian Development

• [16kbps | 64kbps] Professor Abbas Alnasrawi, University of Vermont: "Sanctions, Oil, Debt and the Future" . A written copy of this paper is also available.
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Dr Kamil Mahdi, Lecturer in the Economics of the Middle East, University of Exeter: "Economic Conditions: Implications for Development"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Michael Schneider, Lalive & Partners, Geneva: "The UN Compensation Commission"
• [spoke off the record] William Morris, Secretary General, Next Century Foundation: "Iraq and the West, an Appraisal of the Policy Imperatives for an Exit Strategy"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Professor Richard Garfield, Columbia University: "Options for Reconstructing the Social and Human Infrastructure of Iraq"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] QUESTION+ANSWER SESSION

Fifth session: Political Options for the US and UK Governments

• [16kbps | 64kbps] Dr Eric Herring, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Bristol: "How to Make the Adoption of an Alternative Policy on Sanctions More Likely"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] Chris Doyle, Senior Information Officer, Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding: "Domestic Politics and Changing the Sanctions Regime"
• [16kbps | 64kbps] QUESTION+ANSWER SESSION

Final session: [16kbps | 64kbps] Discussion: Bringing the arguments together - an opportunity for further discussion and debate of broader issues that have arisen from the Conference.

For general information about the conference, see the main conference page.

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