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Milan has had his letter about smart sanctions printed in the Guardian: http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,514177,00.html Cost of smart sanctions Friday June 29, 2001 The Guardian Britain's ambassador to the UN claims that Britain and others "can [not] allow national economic self-interest to hold up positive measures for the Iraqi people" (Russians oppose 'smart sanctions', June 28). However, the welfare of the Iraqi people has never been a matter of concern to the British government - a situation that persists through the current "smart" sanctions proposals. By maintaining the framework of the current humanitarian programme, the proposals would ensure that Iraq's economic life continues to be run on the model of a gigantic refugee camp, preventing the re-inflation of Iraq's economy that the UN's own humanitarian panel identified as a necessary pre-condition for ending the crisis. Milan Rai Voices in the Wilderness UK voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk James Parke MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 252730; Fax: +44 (0)1223 252715 Web: http://www.mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk