Economic Sanctions and their Impact on Development

International Roundtable Discussion on

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT

Project co-ordinator: Dr. Hans Koechler (International Progress Organization)

Date: Thursday, 28 November 1996, 2.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

The roundtable discussed the impact of economic sanctions -- whether multilateral or bilateral -- on the economy, the living conditions and development prospects of the countries directly targeted by sanctions and of neighbouring countries indirectly affected by such measures.

Programme:

Introduction by

Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler

President of the International Progress Organization

Statements by

H.E. Neama Faris

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations Office at Vienna

Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv

Professor of International Relations, University of Ankara (Turkey)

Mr. Ali Farfer, MA

Secretary-General, Jamahir Society (Libya)

Mr. Alfredo Puig

Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Vienna

Literature: Hans Koechler, The United Nations Sanctions Policy and International Law (1995)

Publication of the proceedings:

"Economic Sanctions and Development", ed. by Hans Koechler, Studies in International Relations, XXIII, International Progress Organization: Vienna, 1997.