A Chronology of Diminishing Response: UN Reactions to Iraqi Provocations since the Gulf War

Offers a chronological summary and analysis of UN reactions to Iraq's most flagrant violations of relevant UN resolutions from the end of the Gulf War through April 1997. The author shows that Security Council responses to Iraqi violations became noticeably forgiving over time -- particularly when compared with Council reactions to similar Iraqi activity in previous years. Although the Council initially rebuked Iraq for impeding the work of UNSCOM and the IAEA, it grew increasingly divided and timid in its response to Baghdad.