The Search for Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Inspection, Verification and Non-Proliferation

by Pearson, Graham S.

• ISBN13: 9781403942579
• ISBN10: 1403942579
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-21
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book tells the story of the UN's attempts to monitor and control the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq from the first Gulf War to the continuing search for them today. The non-disclosure and non-cooperation of Iraq in this process led the Allies to war in 2003 and the search for WMD after the deposition of Saddam Hussein has caused acute political embarrassment. Graham Pearson draws out the lessons that can be learned from the experience in Iraq for the control of weapons programs in other rogue states, and the lessons for the UN themselves.

Author Biography

Graham S. Pearson is Honorary Visiting Professor in International Security at the Department of Peace Studies of the University of Bradford. He was also Chairman of an International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Working Party on Chemical Weapons Destruction Technologies.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xi
List of Tables	xii
Foreword	xv
Charles A. Duelfer
Preface	xxv
Acknowledgments	xxix
List of Abbreviations/Acronyms	xxxi
Introduction	1	(8)
The United Nations Secretary-General Investigations in Iran and Iraq	9	(17)
The Decade of UNSCOM	26	(44)
An Analysis of UNSCOM	70	(26)
The Amorim Panel and the Creation of UNMOVIC	96	(12)
The Years of UNMOVIC	108	(49)
The Developments Leading to War in March 2003 and the Iraq Survey Group	157	(36)
Iraq's Chemical and Biological Programmes	193	(29)
The Absence of WMD Stockpiles in Iraq	222	(12)
Inspection, Verification and Non-Proliferation: Lessons Learned	234	(19)
Future Roles for UNMOVIC and its Expertise	253	(16)
Prospects for the Future	269	(33)
Appendices
1 United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 (1991)	280	(17)
2 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284 (1999)	289	(8)
3 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002)	297	(5)
Notes	302	(23)
Index	325