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I've read various FAO-WFP and UNICEF reports. They said the food situation in the North of Iraq was better, becuase the North is rch of fertile land and agricultural products. They didn't talk about problems of distribution. Eri Garuti eri+AEA-deejay.it -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Seb Wills +ADw-saw27+AEA-cam.ac.uk+AD4- A: soc-casi-discuss+AEA-lists.cam.ac.uk +ADw-soc-casi-discuss+AEA-lists.cam.ac.uk+AD4- Data: gioved+AOw- 6 maggio 1999 18.56 Oggetto: Speech by Derek Fatchett on Humanitarian Situation in Iraq +AD4- +AD4-The following speech was given yesterday by Derek Fatchett. Notice he +AD4-makes no reference to the UN Humanitarian Panel's recent report which +AD4-leaves no doubt as to the +ACI-consistent picture+ACI- emerging from the data. +AD4-CASI will be formulating a response to this speech, drawing on the UN +AD4-humanitarian report, in the next few days. In the mean time the +AD4-Humanitarian Panel report is available at +AD4-http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/panelrep.htm +AD4- +AD4-Also note the Office of the Iraq Programme have just released their 2-year +AD4-programme review - see http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/ +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- Humanitarian situtaion in Iraq +AD4- ++AF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXw- +AD4- +AD4- Statement by the British Minister of State, Derek Fatchett, to the +AD4- House of Commons. 5 May 1999 +AD4- +AD4- The export of food and medicines to Iraq has never been prohibited +AD4- under sanctions. We are aware of claims that large numbers of children +AD4- are dying every month. We have some concerns about the original +AD4- sources of this information and the way the data has been interpreted. +AD4- According to the most recent UN report on the implementation of 'oil +AD4- for food', the UN humanitarian programme is making a real difference +AD4- to the humanitarian situation in Iraq. It made clear that in the +AD4- north, where the UN is responsible for distribution, there were very +AD4- few if any shortages of essential drugs, and malnutrition was +AD4- decreasing. In the centre and south, however, the Iraqi government +AD4- refuses to engage constructively in the programme. It refuses to make +AD4- efforts to prioritise properly what is purchased for the programme, to +AD4- target it towards the most vulnerable, or to improve the poor +AD4- distribution system. +AD4- +AD4- We are determined to do what we can to improve all aspects of the +AD4- humanitarian situation. Together with the Netherlands, the UK has +AD4- tabled a draft Security Council resolution which attempts to translate +AD4- the work of the three UN Iraq panels into action. On the humanitarian +AD4- side, our draft resolution brings together a whole range of measures +AD4- including lifting the ceiling on Iraqi oil exports under 'oil for +AD4- food', streamlining Sanctions Committee approval procedures, allowing +AD4- local procurement and the payment of local costs, and commissioning +AD4- expert advice on how to increase Iraq's oil production. These measures +AD4- should make significant improvements to the humanitarian situation in +AD4- Iraq. +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4--- +AD4---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- +AD4-This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. +AD4-To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request+AEA-lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the +AD4-whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/+AH4-saw27/casi/discuss.html +AD4- +AD4- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html