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> My understanding is that the UN figures are referring to deaths due to the > sanctions. The latest figure I know of is that 1.2 million people have > died from the sanctions. This was reported by the UN FAO in 1996, I > believe. The FAO 1995 survey did not produce an estimate of total child mortality. Some analysts working for the FAO did produce their own estimate (576,000 children under five) which they had to withdraw about a year later because the next FAO survey threw up different figures and a radically lower estimate. If anyone has an estimate made by a UN agency or by a UN official of the total cumulative death toll attributable to sanctions, they should share it with these lists (preferably with references). Voices UK is not aware of any such estimate. We don't believe one has been made (so far). Best wishes Mil Milan Rai Joint Coordinator Voices in the Wilderness UK National Office 16B Cherwell St, Oxford OX4 1BG NEW personal contact details 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea TN38 0HE ph 0845 458 9571 (local rate) pager 07623 746 462 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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