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I am writing a book on the ethics of economic sanctions, and I'm
looking particularly at the situation of Iraq. At the moment I am
looking specifically at the disproportionate influence that the US
has within the Security Council. I am interested in getting
documentation of ways in which the US exerted pressure to pass
the initial resolutions, as well as its influence on the procedures
and impediments in the Oil for Food program. For example, there
is the story that the Yemeni representative was told, in regard to
Yemen's opposition that this would be "the most expensive 'no'
vote you've ever cast".
Does anyone have information or documentation about other
ways in which the US (or UK) used its influence, such as offers of
financial support, threats to withdraw funding, to pressure votes or
generate support?
Joy Gordon
Philosophy Department
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
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