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This page is in black in mourning of the Iraqi children who are dying on daily basis due to the continued imposition of the unjust sanctions on the people of Iraq

--   Impressions of Mrs. Krista Clement, Member of the Brudenhoff Communities who has recently come back from a trip to Iraq on the situation of Iraqi children

Reports on the effect of the sanctions made by International and Non-Governmental Organizations:

--   Report entitled "Iraq, the Silent Agony" by Life for Relief and Development (formerly International Relief Association) on the condition of the Iraqi people in the shadow of Sanctions imposed on Iraq since August 1990 .

Iraq: Sanctions--The Silent Weapon (sponsored by the International Action Center)

Sanctions are war!

e the most brutal form of war because they punish an entire population, targeting children, the future, most of all. Sanctions are a weapon of mass destruction. From 1990, when sanctions were imposed on Iraq until 1995, half a million children under the age of five died of malnutrition and preventable diseases. Sanctions impose artificial famine. A third of Iraq's surviving children today have stunted growth and nutritional deficiencies that will deform their shortened lives.

Statements made by International Figures:

--   Tony Benn, Member of British Parliament

--   Bin Bella, Former President of Algeria

Reports by United Nations agencies and organs

--   UNICEF's report of 08-12-99 on the rise of child mortality in Iraq due to sanctions.

--   FAO report on Food & Nutrition Assessment Mission to Iraq on 3 October 1997

--   FAO reports malnutrition remains a serious problem -- October 10, 1997

MEDIA

--   DEADLY TO IRAQIS, TOO by Tom Anderson, The Ottawa Citizen ( Feb. 21, 2000 )

LINKS

--   Iraq's letters to the United Nations concerning the continued imposition of sanctions

--   Voices in the Wilderness

--   Iraq Action Coalition