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United Nations Special Commission
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United Nations Special Commission
An organization created by the United Nations in 1999 to ensure that Iraq complied with Security Council resolutions not to produce biological, chemical or nuclear weapons after the Gulf War. UNSCOM was created in 1991 and dissolved in 1999 amid allegations that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency was using it to spy on the Iraqi military.
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I found myself seeking but not finding any framework that clearly defined the role of UNSCOM (as authorized by the Security Council) to control fully the disarmament process and ensure Iraq's compliance with international law.
The Greatest Threat: Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the ... by Thompson, Douglas / Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin
The series of interviews on UNSCOM were undertaken during the latter years of the project, and thus the experiences were still fresh in the minds of the interviewees.
Yale-UN Oral History Project. (The Chronicle Library Shelf) by Krasno, Jean / UN Chronicle
Joshua Micah Marshall made a very common error in stating that Iraq expelled UNSCOM weapons inspectors in 1998.
Between Iraq and a hard place. (Letters) by Cox, William / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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