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UNSCOM and the UNSCOM Experience in Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Raymond A. Zilinskas
Raymond A. Zilinskas*
Affiliation:
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, USA
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Extract

This paper has five parts: (1) a historical background to UNSCOM; (2) an explanation of how I came to work for UNSCOM as a staffer and inspector; (3) a description and analysis of the UNSCOM experience in Iraq; (4) a review of seven verification measures employed by UNSCOM; and (5) concluding thoughts on the wider applicability of the UNSCOM experience.

Type
Symposium: Biological Weapons Inspection
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , August 1995 , pp. 230 - 235
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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