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In this paper the March 2000 report of the Panel of Experts of the UN Security Council Angola Sanctions Committee is revisited by the author, who served as the Chairman of this Panel. It is shown that the effects of the report are still visible. Some of the "techniques" of the Committee and its Panel are put forward as contributors to its relative success. Among these are the role played by its dynamic Chairperson, the Canadian UN Ambassador Robert Fowler; the use of media and general transparency in its work; its goal orientation, rather than a legalistic, punitive approach; high evidentiary standards and strict and clear reporting; and luck, in as much as the simultaneous successful offensive of the armed forces of the Angolan government helped bring forth new information. It is argued that Sweden, as a country with a relatively high level of expertise, experience and knowledge, and with its good standing internationally and particularly in the UN could more actively take part in efforts to continue to develop the instrument of smart sanctions. It is further suggested that efforts could be made to strengthen the capacity not only of the UN centrally but also of regional and sub-regional organizations such as the AU and SADC in Africa to propose, design, and follow-up on sanctions regimes. ; Special Program on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions (SPITS)

In this paper the March 2000 report of the Panel of Experts of the UN Security Council Angola Sanctions Committee is revisited by the author, who served as the Chairman of this Panel. It is shown that the effects of the report are still visible. Some of the "techniques" of the Committee and its Panel are put forward as contributors to its relative success. Among these are the role played by its dynamic Chairperson, the Canadian UN Ambassador Robert Fowler; the use of media and general transparency in its work; its goal orientation, rather than a legalistic, punitive approach; high evidentiary standards and strict and clear reporting; and luck, in as much as the simultaneous successful offensive of the armed forces of the Angolan government helped bring forth new information. It is argued that Sweden, as a country with a relatively high level of expertise, experience and knowledge, and with its good standing internationally and particularly in the UN could more actively take part in efforts to continue to develop the instrument of smart sanctions. It is further suggested that efforts could be made to strengthen the capacity not only of the UN centrally but also of regional and sub-regional organizations such as the AU and SADC in Africa to propose, design, and follow-up on sanctions regimes. ; Special Program on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions (SPITS)