[16.12.08] Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool
The Balkan Programme at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [NUPI] has the great pleasure of inviting you to the conference:
Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool:
Success or Failure?
- A Closer Look at the Impact of the UN 1992-1995 sanctions against Yugoslavia
Programme:
Opening speech by Jan Egeland, NUPI
Rita Augestad Knudsen presents her new book: The Comprehensive UN Sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Aims, Impact and Legacy
Panel I: The sanctions against Yugoslavia in the 1990s: To what extent were the sanctions successful? How did they affect the region in the longer term? (10.30 - 12.00)
Panelists:
- Zarko Rakcevic, former opposition leader from the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
- Miroslav Zdravkovic, Advisor, the National Bank of Serbia
- Borka Pavicevic, Centre for Cultural decontamination
- Azem Vllasi, Lawyer and political analyst
- Moderator: Vegard Valther Hansen, NUPI
12.00 Lunch
Panel II: Lessons from the sanctions against the FRY. Are sanctions ever successful? Can the sanctions against the FRY teach us anything about today’s Western policies towards Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (13.15 - 14.45)
Panelists:
- Anthonius De Vries, former EU sanctions coordinator
- Clara Portela, Singapore Management University, PhD in EU sanctions
- Sonja Biserko, President of the Serbian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
- Avni Zogiani, Director of Cohu, anti-corruption watchdog
- Moderator: Spyros Economides, London School of Economics and Political Science
14.45-15.00 Concluding remarks by Haki Abazi, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The conference has been realised through financial contribution from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Telenor and the Royal Norwegian embassies in Belgrade and Prishtina.