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Reports by Richard Nephew • June 06, 2017
By Richard Nephew and Jonathan Brewer
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Authors Jonathan Brewer and Richard Nephew identify key issues and obstacles faced by United Nations sanctions committees, panel members, and member states, and offer recommendations for how to solve some of these challenges, in light of the importance of sanctions as part of the UNSC policy-making process.
Following an informal survey of UN committee members and experts in late 2015 and early 2016, the authors have identified three core themes to be addressed: absence of proper training; shortage of proper analytic support, including access to technical capabilities and laboratory equipment; and inadequate education for sanctions committee members, panel experts, and member states.
In order to enhance the effectiveness of UN Security Council sanctions regimes–which offers immense international policy value given the application of sanctions in a variety of hotspots around the world–Brewer and Nephew recommend funding and implementing the following six programs:
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Reports by Richard Nephew • June 06, 2017