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UNICEF vs. the US State Department on Iraqi Children
Bert Sacks of the Seattle Community Network examines how the US government has sought to undercut a UNICEF report on the effect of sanctions on Iraqi child mortality rates. Seeking Solutions for Iraq
Peace Action site with an excerpt from a paper by David Cortright and George Lopez on the need for the UN to take responsibility for human suffering in Iraq and change its sanctions policy.


  • Sanctions Discussed in the 6th Committee.
    Discussion during the October 16-20 meeting posted by Mennonite Central Committee.

  • Sanctions Against Iraq: Facts and Analysis
    Paper written by by David Cortright and George A. Lopez. Posted by Fourth Freedom Forum.


    Security Council Resolution Regarding Iraq (January 30, 1999)
    Notes by the President of the Security Council in January 1999, Amb. Celso Amorim of Brazil.

    Increase in Number of Spare Parts Contracts for Iraq's Oil Industry (January 21,1999)
    Some spare part contracts for Iraq's oil industry that have been released from on hold. More are expected in order to increase the production under oil-for-food program.

    Sanctions Have an Impact on All of Us (January 5, 1999)
    Comments by Denis Halliday, former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, shortly after he resigned his post in protest over the sanctions' devastating impact on the Iraqi people.

    Secretary-General's Mission to Iraq (February 20-24, 1998)
    Links to UN documents and summaries of Kofi Annan's involvement in the resolution of the February Iraq crisis.

    A New Policy Toward Iraq (December 8, 1998)
    Written by David Cortright in The San Francisco Chronicle.

    Back to Square One: The U.S. Needs a Whole New Strategy for Iraq (December, 1997)
    Institute for Policy Studies Scholar Phyllis Bennis critically considers US policy.

    Legalism, Realism, and the Current US-Iraq Crisis (Summer 1996)
    Article by The Editors of Middle East Report. Posted by the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP).

    Iraqi Sanctions, Human Rights & Humanitarian Law (Summer 1996)
    Article by Roger Normand. Posted by the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP).

    The Health Conditions of the Population In Iraq Since the Gulf Crisis (March, 1996)
    Report published by the World Health Organization.

    Chronology of US Policy Towards Iraq Since 1990
    Posted by the United States Information Service (USIS), this chronology includes many references to sanctions. But with a marked US government perspective.


    More Information on Sanctions Against Iraq

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