The UNSCOM Saga

Download or read book The UNSCOM Saga written by Graham S. Pearson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-05-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative account details the doggedly persistent work of the UNSCOM (United Nations Special Commission) on Iraq which has during the past eight years, in the face of continued Iraqi deception, gradually uncovered more and more of the scope of the Iraqi chemical and biological weapons programmes and established an ongoing monitoring and verification regime. Vital lessons are drawn for international security and for the strengthening of the non-proliferation regimes for both chemical and biological weapons.