"Dr Hans Blix on lessons from the Iraq weapons inspections"
Video interview
Published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
March 7, 2023
The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share this video from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Conversations series, a collection of conversation-style interviews with SIPRI experts.
It has been 20 years since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and Dr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) from 2000-2003, sits down with SIPRI to reflect on his experiences during the inspections to investigate the claims of WMD in Iraq.
"Dr Hans Blix on lessons from the Iraq weapons inspections"
Dr. Hans Blix, former Swedish diplomat, is Director-General Emeritus of the IAEA and previously served as Chair of The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and is one of The Simons Foundation's Peace Leaders.