Corinne Heraud was formerly a Chief Inspector of the
Missile
In military terminology, a missile is a guided airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight usually by a jet engine or rocket motor. Missiles are thus also called guided missiles or guided rockets (when a previously unguided rocket i ...
inspection team in
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, while working for the United Nation's Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (
UNMOVIC
The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) was created through the adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution 1284 of 17 December 1999 and its mission lasted until June 2007.
UNMOVIC was meant to ...
). Prior to that she held various other posts at UNMOVIC and had been seconded from the French Government to carry out work for UNMOVIC's predecessor, the United Nations Special Commission (
UNSCOM
United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was an inspection regime created by the United Nations to ensure Iraq's compliance with policies concerning Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction after the Gulf War. Between 1991 and 199 ...
).
It is believed Chief Engineer (Lieutenant Colonel) Heraud was a leading contributor to the missile section of UNMOVIC's working document on Iraq's Unresolved Disarmament Issues. Under
Lieutenant Colonel Heraud's leadership, the Al Samoud missile was destroyed.
Lieutenant Colonel Heraud is mentioned in the evidence of the
Hutton Inquiry
The Hutton Inquiry was a 2003 judicial inquiry in the UK chaired by Lord Hutton, who was appointed by the Labour government to investigate the controversial circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly, a biological warfare expert and f ...
investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of
Dr. David Kelly.
The Hutton Enquiry Archives, Evidence, Files retrieved from Dr Kelly’s home computer: E-mail from Dr Kelly 9 July 03, Inquiry File reference COM/4/0084.
External links
United Nations Foundation, U.N. Wire, 12 February, 2003
References
Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
Living people
French officials of the United Nations
1963 births
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